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sequencing

Variant of sequence

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
  1. a continuous or related series, often of uniform things: a sonnet sequence
  2. three or more playing cards in unbroken order in the same suit; run
  3. a resulting event; consequence; sequel
  4. Biochem. the linear order of bases in a nucleic acid or of amino acids in a protein
  5. Math. an ordered set of quantities or elements
  6. Film a succession of scenes constituting a single, uninterrupted episode
  7. Music the repetition of a melodic pattern in the same voice part but at different pitch levels
  8. R.C.Ch. a hymn coming immediately before the Gospel in certain Masses

transitive verb sequenced, sequencing

  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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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