sequence
序,顺序,排序,次
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Definitions
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- : the following of one thing after another; succession.
- : order of succession: a list of books in alphabetical sequence.
- : a continuous or connected series: a sonnet sequence.
- : something that follows; a subsequent event; result; consequence.
- : Music. a melodic or harmonic pattern repeated three or more times at different pitches with or without modulation.
- : Liturgy. a hymn sometimes sung after the gradual and before the gospel; prose.
- : Movies. a series of related scenes or shots, as those taking place in one locale or at one time, that make up one episode of the film narrative.
- : Cards. a series of three or more cards following one another in order of value, especially of the same suit.
- : Genetics. the linear order of monomers in a polymer, as nucleotides in DNA or amino acids in a protein.
- : Mathematics. a set whose elements have an order similar to that of the positive integers; a map from the positive integers to a given set.
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se·quenced, se·quenc·ing.
- : to place in a sequence.
- : Biochemistry. to determine the order of, especially nucleotides in DNA or RNA or amino acids in a protein.
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Examples
Then they can fasten on extra pieces and punch in sequences to make it pull off tricks like transforming into a bulldozer.
They started by assembling and analyzing the whole genome sequence of the Elaeis guineensis oil palm.
The sequence is continued until all 435 races are simulated.
Students need to know that science is not just a sequence of geniuses making one discovery after another.
Then the embryo takes over and a strict sequence of embryonic genes kicks in, setting up more features.
And with the dance sequence, we wanted something very physical.
So too with a vaccine that provokes a specific immune response aimed at a specific RNA sequence.
The studio seemed to be satisfied with the results—although still opted to censor the death sequence in many foreign territories.
Movie buffs have commented endlessly on the bell-tower sequence in Vertigo.
The central thrust of the sequence derives from historical fact.
First I had better fix the sequence of the munition cables, for upon them the whole attack has hung—or rather, hung fire.
Naturally and without the least effort the aptest words sprang to his lips in perfect order and sequence.
But here it is arranged in temporal sequence, thus giving us a concrete view of the man and his relation to this society.
Five years of warfare and its sequence—the bandit community—had devastated the provinces.
And still the grizzled old skipper would go on, though it was touch-and-go every time a sequence of strong seas came howling down.