sequence
[ see-kwuhns ]
/ ˈsi kwəns /
noun
verb (used with object), se·quenced, se·quenc·ing.
to place in a sequence.
Biochemistry.
to determine the order of (chemical units in a polymer chain), especially nucleotides in DNA or RNA or amino acids in a protein.
Origin of sequence
1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin
sequentia, equivalent to
sequ- (stem of
sequī to follow) +
-entia
-ence
synonym study for sequence
1. See
series.
historical usage of sequence
The original meaning of
sequence in Middle English was “a hymn sung after the gradual and before the gospel during Mass.” The Middle English noun comes from Old French
sequence, whose original sense, dating from the second half of the 12th century, was the same as in Middle English. Old French
sequence comes from Medieval Latin
sequentia, with the same original meaning.
Sequentia is a feminine noun formed from sequēns (inflectional stem sequent- ), the present participle of the verb sequī “to follow,” and the noun suffix -ia . A sequentia was so called because it followed the Alleluia (a liturgical chant in which the word Alleluia (Hallelujah) is combined with scriptural verses, usually from the Psalms).
The usual, typical sense of sequence, “the succession of one thing after another,” first appears in 1575.
Sequentia is a feminine noun formed from sequēns (inflectional stem sequent- ), the present participle of the verb sequī “to follow,” and the noun suffix -ia . A sequentia was so called because it followed the Alleluia (a liturgical chant in which the word Alleluia (Hallelujah) is combined with scriptural verses, usually from the Psalms).
The usual, typical sense of sequence, “the succession of one thing after another,” first appears in 1575.
OTHER WORDS FROM sequence
un·der·se·quence, noun un·se·quenced, adjectiveWords nearby sequence
seqq.,
sequacious,
sequel,
sequela,
sequelize,
sequence,
sequence ladder,
sequence of tenses,
sequencer,
sequencing,
sequent
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British Dictionary definitions for sequence
sequence
/ (ˈsiːkwəns) /
noun
verb (tr)
to arrange in a sequence
biochem
to determine the order of the units comprising (a protein, nucleic acid, genome, etc)
Word Origin for sequence
C14: from Medieval Latin
sequentia that which follows, from Latin
sequī to follow
Medical definitions for sequence
sequence
[ sē′kwəns, -kwĕns′ ]
n.
A following of one thing after another; succession.
An order of succession; an arrangement.
A related or continuous series.
The order of constituents in a polymer, especially the order of nucleotides in a nucleic acid or of the amino acids in a protein.
v.
To organize or arrange in a sequence.
To determine the order of constituents in a polymer, such as a nucleic acid.
Scientific definitions for sequence
sequence
[ sē′kwəns ]
Noun
A set of quantities ordered in the same manner as the positive integers, in which there is always the same relation between each quantity and the one succeeding it. A sequence can be finite, such as {1, 3, 5, 7, 9}, or it can be infinite, such as {1, 12, 13, 14, … 1n}. Also called progression
The order of subunits that make up a polymer, especially the order of nucleotides in a nucleic acid or of the amino acids in a protein.
Verb
To determine the order of subunits of a polymer.