Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - sequence
Sequence
sequence
n. & v. --n. 1 succession, coming after or next. 2 order of succession (shall follow the sequence of events; give the facts in historical sequence). 3 a set of things belonging next to one another on some principle of order; a series without gaps. 4 a part of a film dealing with one scene or topic. 5 a set of poems on one theme. 6 a set of three or more playing-cards next to one another in value. 7 Mus. repetition of a phrase or melody at a higher or lower pitch. 8 Eccl. a hymn said or sung after the Gradual or Alleluia that precedes the Gospel. 9 succession without implication of causality (opp. CONSEQUENCE). --v.tr. 1 arrange in a definite order. 2 Biochem. ascertain the sequence of monomers in (esp. a polypeptide or nucleic acid). Phrases and idioms sequence of tenses Gram. the dependence of the tense of a subordinate verb on the tense of the principal verb, according to certain rules (e.g. I think you are, thought you were, wrong). Derivatives sequencer n. Etymology: ME f. LL sequentia f. L sequens pres. part. of sequi follow
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin sequentia, from Late Latin, sequel, literally, act of following, from Latin sequent-, sequens, present participle of sequi Date: 14th century a hymn in irregular meter between the gradual and Gospel in masses for special occasions (as Easter), a continuous or connected series: as, an extended series of poems united by a single theme , three or more playing cards usually of the same suit in consecutive order of rank, a succession of repetitions of a melodic phrase or harmonic pattern each in a new position, a set of elements ordered so that they can be labeled with the positive integers, the exact order of bases in a nucleic acid or of amino acids in a protein, f. a succession of related shots or scenes developing a single subject or phase of a film story, episode, 3. order of succession, an arrangement of the tenses of successive verbs in a sentence designed to express a coherent relationship especially between main and subordinate parts, 4. con~, result, a subsequent development, continuity of progression , II. transitive verb (~d; sequencing) Date: 1941 to arrange in a ~, to determine the ~ of chemical constituents (as amino-acid residues or nucleic-acid bases) in ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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