sequencing

[ see-kwuh n-sing ]
/ ˈsi kwən sɪŋ /

noun

the interruption of a career by a woman to bear and care for children until they reach an age that allows her to resume work.

Words nearby sequencing

sequelize, sequence, sequence ladder, sequence of tenses, sequencer, sequencing, sequent, sequential, sequential access, sequential analysis, sequential scanning

Definition for sequencing (2 of 2)

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

SYNONYMS FOR sequence

2 arrangement.
4 outcome, sequel.

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.

OTHER WORDS FROM sequence

un·der·se·quence, noun un·se·quenced, adjective

Example sentences from the Web for sequencing

British Dictionary definitions for sequencing (1 of 2)

sequencing
/ (ˈsiːkwənsɪŋ) /

noun biochem

the procedure of determining the order of amino acids in the polypeptide chain of a protein (protein sequencing) or of nucleotides in a DNA section comprising a gene (gene sequencing)
Also called: priority sequencing commerce specifying the order in which jobs are to be processed, based on the allocation of priorities

British Dictionary definitions for sequencing (2 of 2)

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 sequencing

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 sequencing

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.