Cascade

Etymology
cascade:, from cascata: from cascare:

Noun

 * 1) A waterfall or series of small waterfalls.
 * Now murm'ring soft, now roaring in cascade. -Cawper
 * 1)  A stream or sequence of a thing or things occurring as if falling like a cascade.
 * The rise in serotonin levels sets off a cascade of chemical events &mdash; Richard M. Restak, The Secret Life of the Brain, Joseph Henry Press, 2001
 * 1) A series of electrical (or other types of) components, the output of any one being connected to the input of the next; See also daisy chain
 * 2)  A pattern typically performed with an odd number of props, where each prop is caught by the opposite hand.
 * 3)  A sequence of absurd short messages posted to a newsgroup by different authors, each one responding to the most recent message and quoting the entire sequence to that point (with ever-increasing indentation).

Derived terms

 * cascadable
 * reverse cascade, French cascade

Verb

 * 1)  To fall as a waterfall or series of small waterfalls.
 * 2)  To arrange in a stepped series like a waterfall.
 * 3) To occur as a causal sequence.
 * 4)   To vomit.