English dictionary

sequence

/'s/i/kw/@/ns/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern

noun.group

Examples
The sequence of names was alphabetical.

He invented a technique to determine the sequence of base pairs in DNA.

Source: WordNet 3.0
a following of one thing after another in time

noun.attribute

Examples
The doctor saw a sequence of patients.

Synonyms chronological sequence chronological succession succession successiveness

Source: WordNet 3.0
film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie

noun.artifact

Synonyms episode

Source: WordNet 3.0
the action of following in order

noun.act

Examples
He played the trumps in sequence.

Synonyms succession

Source: WordNet 3.0
several repetitions of a melodic phrase in different keys

noun.event

Source: WordNet 3.0
The state of being sequent; succession; order of following; arrangement.

noun

Source: webster1913