Sequence

Noun

 * 1) A set of things next to each other in a set order; a series
 * 2) A series of musical phrases where a theme or melody is repeated, with some change each time, such as in pitch or length (example: opening of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony).
 * 3) A musical composition used in some Catholic Masses between the readings.  The most famous sequence is the Dies Irae (Day of Wrath) formerly used in funeral services.
 * 4)  An ordered list of objects.
 * 5)  A subsequent event; a consequence or result.
 * 6) * 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska 2005, pp. 12-13:
 * he found no words to convey the impressions he had received; then he gave way to the anger always the sequence of the antagonism of opinion between them.

Related terms

 * et seq
 * nolle prosequi
 * non sequitur
 * persecute
 * prosecute
 * sequela
 * sequent
 * sequential
 * sequencer

Verb

 * 1)  to arrange in an order
 * 2)  to determine the order of things, especially of amino acids in a protein, or of bases in a nucleic acid

Adjectives for Sequence
logical; invariable; melancholy; historical natural; dramatic; impressive; unusual fragmentary; consecutive;  chronological true; interminable; rapid; intended; inflexible; honorable; chromatic; passionate; coherent; single; listless.

Thesaurus
Indian file, aftereffect, afterlife, aftermath, alternation, arrangement, array, articulation, bank, buzz, by-product, catena, catenation, chain, chain reaction, chaining, chasing, classification, concatenation, connectedness, connection, consecution, consecutiveness, consequence, consequent, consistency, continuity, continuum, corollary, course, cycle, degree, derivation, derivative, descent, development, disposal, disposition, distillate, distribution, dogging, drone, effect, endless belt, endless round, event, eventuality, eventuation, file, filiation, following, fruit, future time, gamut, gradation, grouping, hangover, harvest, heeling, hierarchy, hounding, hum, issue, lateness, legacy, line, lineage, logical outcome, monotone, next life, nexus, offshoot, offspring, order, ordering, orderliness, organization, outcome, outgrowth, pendulum, periodicity, place, placement, plenum, postdate, postdating, posteriority, powder train, precipitate, procession, product, progression, provenience, pursual, pursuance, pursuit, queue, range, rank, recurrence, remainder, result, resultant, reticulation, rotation, round, routine, row, run, scale, sequel, sequela, sequent, serial order, series, set, shadowing, single file, spectrum, string, subordination, subsequence, succession, supervenience, supervention, swath, system, tailing, thread, tier, trailing, train, upshot, windrow

Etymology
< sequence: <  sequence: <  sequentia: <  sequens: < sequi:; see sequent:.

Noun

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 * Danish: rækkefølge, sekvens
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 * Italian: sequenza
 * Portuguese: sequência
 * Russian: последовательность, ряд
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 * : 序列 (xù liè)
 * : suite, ordre
 * : sequentia, -ae
 * : postupnosť