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SEQUENCE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The action of following in order

Example:

he played the trumps in sequence

Synonyms:

sequence; succession

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("sequence" is a kind of...):

order; ordering (the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sequence"):

chess opening; opening (a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess)

alternation (successive change from one thing or state to another and back again)

Derivation:

sequence (arrange in a sequence)

sequential (in regular succession without gaps)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie

Synonyms:

episode; sequence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("sequence" is a kind of...):

film; photographic film (photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies)

Holonyms ("sequence" is a part of...):

film; flick; motion-picture show; motion picture; movie; moving-picture show; moving picture; pic; picture; picture show (a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A following of one thing after another in time

Example:

the doctor saw a sequence of patients

Synonyms:

chronological sequence; chronological succession; sequence; succession; successiveness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("sequence" is a kind of...):

temporal arrangement; temporal order (arrangement of events in time)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sequence"):

pelting; rain (anything happening rapidly or in quick successive)

rotation (a planned recurrent sequence (of crops or personnel etc.))

row (a continuous chronological succession without an interruption)

run (an unbroken chronological sequence)

Derivation:

sequence (arrange in a sequence)

sequence (determine the order of constituents in)

sequential (in regular succession without gaps)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Several repetitions of a melodic phrase in different keys

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("sequence" is a kind of...):

repeat; repetition (an event that repeats)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern

Example:

he invented a technique to determine the sequence of base pairs in DNA

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("sequence" is a kind of...):

series (similar things placed in order or happening one after another)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sequence"):

cistron; factor; gene ((genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity)

string (a linear sequence (as of characters, words, proteins, etc.))

combination (a sequence of numbers or letters that opens a combination lock)

combination (a coordinated sequence of chess moves)

Fibonacci sequence (a sequence of numbers in which each number equals the sum of the two preceding numbers)

codon (a specific sequence of three adjacent nucleotides on a strand of DNA or RNA that specifies the genetic code information for synthesizing a particular amino acid)

Derivation:

sequence (arrange in a sequence)

sequence (determine the order of constituents in)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Arrange in a sequence

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "sequence" is one way to...):

grade; order; place; range; rank; rate (assign a rank or rating to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

sequence (the action of following in order)

sequence (a following of one thing after another in time)

sequence (serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern)

sequencer (computer hardware that sorts data or programs into a predetermined sequence)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Determine the order of constituents in

Example:

They sequenced the human genome

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "sequence" is one way to...):

ascertain; determine; find; find out (establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

sequence (a following of one thing after another in time)

sequence (serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern)

sequencer (computer hardware that sorts data or programs into a predetermined sequence)

sequencer ((chemistry) an apparatus that can determine the sequence of monomers in a polymer)

Credits

 Context examples: 

He caught a stray sequence of sentences she was uttering.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

This allele, which encodes MIR376C pre-miRNA, plays a role in either transcriptional or translational regulation of target sequences.

(MIR376C wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A fusion gene that results from a chromosomal translocation t(11;19)(q23;p13.1) which fuses the first 7 exons of the MLL gene to most of the coding sequence of the ELL gene.

(MLL/ELL Fusion Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

The general sequence of events is pretty clear, is it not?

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

When we came to the discussion of the sequence of our efforts and of the disposition of our forces, there were new sources of doubt.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

If any unavoidable change has come, in the sequence of time, upon our married life, you are not to blame.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

A ribonucleotide sequence that is encoded for by mitochondrial DNA.

(Mitochondrial RNA, NCI Thesaurus)

“Oh, there can be no doubt as to the sequence of events,” said Holmes.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

An amino acid sequence that directs the post-translational transport of a protein to the mitochondria.

(Mitochondrial Import Sequence, NCI Thesaurus)

A secondary sequence of characters used to identify a subject.

(Alternate Identifier, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)