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cascade Definition

cas·cade (kas kād)

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 -·caded, -·cad·ing

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

cascade Synonyms

cascade

n.

cascade Usage Examples

Object

  • waterfall: There are towering peaks, cascading waterfalls and lush forests carpeted with ferns.
  • sheet: For example, cascading style sheets can be deployed without harming browsers which are not aware of style sheets.

Converse of object

  • juggle: Exercise 4 Close your eyes, stand on one leg & juggle a Three ball cascade.
  • shimmer: A shimmering cascade of magic shooting stars drifted down over the garden.
  • clot: Both of these agents exert their effect by acting on the clotting cascade ( Fig.
  • trigger: In response to cold, plants trigger a cascade of genetic reactions that allow them to survive.
  • initiate: Along its path, an individual projectile may create fast recoil atoms which in turn may initiate collision cascades of moving target atoms.
  • signal: Calcium ions form an important part of this signaling cascade.

Preposition: on

lap: Doug Cole, who had qualified last, hit more trouble when he spun his car at ' cascades on the first lap.

Preposition: over

waterfall: A stream cascades over waterfalls through a well kept woodland glade.

Adjective modifier

proteolytic: There are many such caspases within an organism, which work together in a proteolytic cascade to activate themselves and one other.

Modifies a noun

  • screening: Person centered The people who are to be offered genetic testing and cascade screening are at the center of this research.
  • laser: His research interests include ultra-broadband terahertz spectroscopy; terahertz medical imaging; quantum cascade lasers and semiconductor growth by molecular beam epitaxy.

Noun used with modifier

  • flowstone: At the point of entry, a flowstone cascade on the left marks the climb up in to an adjacent aven.
  • coagulation: It forms a feedback loop that uses Protein C and Protein S to slow down the coagulation cascade.
  • centrifuge: To do this you have to use a complex machine called a centrifuge cascade.
  • transduction: Our early work established mutations in genes encoding members of the visual transduction cascade as important in these diseases.
  • kinase: This activates a protein kinase cascade, ultimately leading to a multitude of complex effects.
  • waterfall: A small waterfall cascades past the mouth of the cave like a shimmering curtain.

Followed by an intransitive particle

down: John has long hair that cascades down his back.