noun

1. a small, steep waterfall, esp. one of a series
2. anything suggesting this, as a shower of sparks or an arrangement of lace in rippling folds
3. a connected series, as of amplifiers for an increase in output

Etymology: Fr < It cascata < cascare, to fall < VL *casicare < pp. of L cadere: see case

transitive verb, intransitive verb cascaded -·cad′ed, cascading -·cad′·ing

1. to fall or drop in a cascade
2. to connect in a series