cascade
[ kas-keyd ]
/ kæsˈkeɪd /
noun
verb (used without object), cas·cad·ed, cas·cad·ing.
to fall in or like a cascade.
verb (used with object), cas·cad·ed, cas·cad·ing.
to cause to fall in a cascade.
Electricity.
to arrange (components) in a cascade.
Origin of cascade
1635–45; < French < Italian
cascata, equivalent to
casc(are) to fall (< Vulgar Latin
*cāsicāre, equivalent to
cās(us) fallen (past participle of
cadere) +
-icā- formative v. suffix +
-re infinitive ending) +
-ata
-ade1
OTHER WORDS FROM cascade
cas·cad·er, noun un·cas·cad·ed, adjective un·cas·cad·ing, adjectiveWords nearby cascade
casaque,
casas,
casaubon,
casbah,
cascabel,
cascade,
cascade molecule,
cascade particle,
cascade range,
cascade stomach,
cascades
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British Dictionary definitions for cascade
cascade
/ (kæsˈkeɪd) /
noun
verb
(intr)
to flow or fall in or like a cascade
Word Origin for cascade
C17: from French, from Italian
cascata, from
cascare to fall, ultimately from Latin
cadere to fall
Medical definitions for cascade
cascade
[ kă-skād′ ]
n.
A succession of actions, processes, or operations, as of a physiological process.
Scientific definitions for cascade
cascade
[ kăs-kād′ ]
A series of chemical or physiological processes that occur in successive stages, each of which is dependent on the preceding one, to produce a culminating effect. The steps involved in the clotting of blood occur as a cascade.