sequence

/ˈsikwɪns/

/ˈsikwɪns/

Other forms: sequences; sequencing; sequenced

When things come in sequence, they come in a specific order. It could be a chronological sequence, a sequence following a pattern (red-blue-brown, red-blue-brown), or a cause-and-effect sequence.

Sequence can also be a verb. When you sequence something, you put it in order. The prom committee had the task of sequencing dance music––even if playing "Celebrate" as the final dance and not the first felt out of sequence to the DJ, it was their call.

Definitions of sequence

1. noun

   a following of one thing after another in time
   “the doctor saw a sequence of patients”

   synonyms: chronological sequence, chronological succession, succession, successiveness

   types:

   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

   type of:

   temporal arrangement, temporal order

   arrangement of events in time
2. noun

   the action of following in order
   “he played the trumps in sequence”

   synonyms: succession

   types:

   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

   type of:

   order, ordering

   the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement
3. noun

   serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern
   “the sequence of names was alphabetical”

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

   types:

   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 of symbols (characters or words or phrases)

   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

   dominant gene

   gene that produces the same phenotype in the organism whether or not its allele identical

   allele, allelomorph

   (genetics) either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and that control the same character

   genetic marker

   a specific gene that produces a recognizable trait and can be used in family or population studies

   homeotic gene

   one the genes that are involved in embryologic development

   lethal gene

   any gene that has an effect that causes the death of the organism at any stage of life

   linkage group, linked genes

   any pair of genes that tend to be transmitted together

   modifier, modifier gene

   a gene that modifies the effect produced by another gene

   mutant gene

   a gene that has changed so that the normal transmission and expression of a trait is affected

   nonallele

   genes that are not competitors at the same locus

   operator gene

   a gene that activates the production of messenger RNA by adjacent structural genes

   oncogene, transforming gene

   a gene that disposes normal cells to change into cancerous tumor cells

   polygene

   a gene that by itself has little effect on the phenotype but which can act together with others to produce observable variations

   proto-oncogene

   a normal gene that has the potential to become an oncogene

   recessive gene

   gene that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is identical

   regulator gene, regulatory gene

   a gene that produces a repressor substance that inhibits an operator gene

   repressor gene

   gene that prevents a nonallele from being transcribed

   structural gene

   a gene that controls the production of a specific protein or peptide

   suppresser, suppresser gene, suppressor, suppressor gene

   a gene that suppresses the phenotypic expression of another gene (especially of a mutant gene)

   transgene

   an exogenous gene introduced into the genome of another organism

   X-linked gene

   a gene located on an X chromosome

   Y-linked gene, holandric gene

   a gene located on a Y chromosome

   extension, file name extension, filename extension

   a string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one or more letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filename

   linguistic string, string of words, word string

   a linear sequence of words as spoken or written

   substring

   a string that is part of a longer string

   type of:

   series

   similar things placed in order or happening one after another
4. noun

   several repetitions of a melodic phrase in different keys
   type of:

   repeat, repetition

   an event that repeats
5. noun

   film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie
   synonyms: episode

   types:

   montage

   a film sequence made by editing together a series of separate scenes or shots

   type of:

   film, photographic film

   photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies
6. verb

   arrange in a sequence
   type of:

   grade, order, place, range, rank, rate

   assign a rank or rating to
7. verb

   determine the order of constituents in
   “They sequenced the human genome”

   type of:

   ascertain, determine, find, find out

   establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study