sequence Definition
se·quence (sē′kwəns, -kwens′)
noun
- the following of one thing after another in chronological, causal, or logical order; succession or continuity
- the order in which this occurs
- a continuous or related series, often of uniform things a sonnet sequence
- three or more playing cards in unbroken order in the same suit; run
- a resulting event; consequence; sequel
- Biochem. the linear order of bases in a nucleic acid or of amino acids in a protein
- Math. an ordered set of quantities or elements
- Film a succession of scenes constituting a single, uninterrupted episode
- Music the repetition of a melodic pattern in the same voice part but at different pitch levels
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
- to arrange in a sequence; put in order
- Biochem. to find the unique order of (structural units of a gene, protein, etc.) by chemical analysis
sequence Synonyms
sequence
n.
Succession
order, continuity, continuousness, concatenation, continuance, successiveness, progression, graduation, consecutiveness, flow, consecution, perpetuity, unbrokenness, catenation, subsequence, course. Arrangement
placement, distribution, classification; see order 3.A 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.
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