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se·quence (sē′kwəns, -kwens′)

noun

    1. the following of one thing after another in chronological, causal, or logical order; succession or continuity
    2. the order in which this occurs
  2. a continuous or related series, often of uniform things a sonnet sequence
  3. three or more playing cards in unbroken order in the same suit; run
  4. a resulting event; consequence; sequel
  5. Biochem. the linear order of bases in a nucleic acid or of amino acids in a protein
  6. Math. an ordered set of quantities or elements
  7. Film a succession of scenes constituting a single, uninterrupted episode
  8. Music the repetition of a melodic pattern in the same voice part but at different pitch levels

  9. Etymology: ME < ML sequentia < LL(Ec), used as transl. of Gr(Ec) akolouthia, a succession of notes on the last syllable of the alleluia: see acolyte

    R.C.Ch. a hymn coming immediately before the Gospel in certain Masses

Etymology: MFr < LL, a following < L sequens: see sequent

transitive verb -·quenced, -·quenc·ing

  1. to arrange in a sequence; put in order
  2. Biochem. to find the unique order of (structural units of a gene, protein, etc.) by chemical analysis

sequence Synonyms

sequence

n.

  1. Succession

    order, continuity, continuousness, concatenation, continuance, successiveness, progression, graduation, consecutiveness, flow, consecution, perpetuity, unbrokenness, catenation, subsequence, course.

  2. Arrangement

    placement, distribution, classification; see order 3.

  3. A series

    chain, string, array; see series. See syn. study at series.

sequence Usage Examples

Object

genome: Physical mapping or even sequencing a genome, however, does not reveal its function.

Converse of object

collate: The Primary keys for all the context lines are compared first, according to the collating sequence indicated.

Adjective modifier

  • genomic: Sample DNA was analyzed for the presence of EBV genomic sequences by use of the polymerase chain reaction ( PCR ).
  • chronological: Children would have to put them in the right order and so identify the chronological sequence.
  • logical: Are all the relevant error messages documented in a logical sequence?
  • nucleic: Recognition sequences in DNA for other enzymes Restriction enzymes are highly specific for particular nucleic acid sequences.
  • animated: The video release was then probably renamed Goodtimes Video Classics, with a purely animated title sequence - but with the original end credits.
  • alphabetical: Series A number of items arranged in numerical or alphabetical sequence.

Modifies a noun

  • alignment: Please upload your sequence alignment file here: OR Enter your sequence alignment below.
  • homology: Alternatively a gene can be selected by chromosomal location or by sequence homology using a customized BLAST search.
  • analysis: SeqAnalRef is a bibliographic reference data bank for papers dealing with sequence analysis.

Noun used with modifier

  • DNA: All cancers occur due to abnormalities in DNA sequence.
  • genome: Currently, for GSK, ENSEMBL is our key interface to deliver genome sequence information.
  • nucleotide: The nucleotide sequence of the infectious cloned DNA components of potato yellow mosaic virus.
  • amino: The components of the upstream module are highly homologous in amino acid sequence to their downstream counterparts.
  • protein: MGI now represents nucleotide and protein sequences as database objects.
  • escape: NOTE: Unlike the rest of HTML, the escape sequences are case sensitive.

Preposition: of

  • genome: The DNA sequence of the genome was completed by a multinational consortium in December 2000, the first of any higher plant.
  • byte: The result is a sequence of bytes that represents the converted string.
  • chromosome: The DNA sequence of the human Y chromosome - the ' maleness ' chromosome - has been published.