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Webster 1913 Edition
Sequence
1.
The state of being sequent; succession; order of following; arrangement.
How art thou a king
But by fair
But by fair
sequence
and succession? Shakespeare
Sequence
and series of the seasons of the year. Bacon.
2.
That which follows or succeeds as an effect; sequel; consequence; result.
The inevitable
sequences
of sin and punishment. Bp. Hall.
3.
(Philos.)
Simple succession, or the coming after in time, without asserting or implying causative energy;
as, the reactions of chemical agents may be conceived as merely invariable
. sequences
4.
(Mus.)
(a)
Any succession of chords (or harmonic phrase) rising or falling by the regular diatonic degrees in the same scale; a succession of similar harmonic steps.
(b)
A melodic phrase or passage successively repeated one tone higher; a rosalia.
5.
(R.C.Ch.)
A hymn introduced in the Mass on certain festival days, and recited or sung immediately before the gospel, and after the gradual or introit, whence the name.
Bp. Fitzpatrick.
Originally the
sequence
was called a Prose, because its early form was rhythmical prose. Shipley.
6.
(Card Playing)
(a)
(Whist)
Three or more cards of the same suit in immediately consecutive order of value; as, ace, king, and queen; or knave, ten, nine, and eight.
(b)
(Poker)
All five cards, of a hand, in consecutive order as to value, but not necessarily of the same suit; when of one suit, it is called a
sequence flush
. Webster 1828 Edition
Sequence
SE'QUENCE
,Noun.
1. A following, or that which follows; aconsequent.
2. Order of succession.
How art thou king But by fair sequence and succession? Shak.
3. Series; arrangement; method.
4. In music, a regular alternate succession of similar chords.
Definition 2024
séquencé
séquencé
French
Verb
séquencé m (feminine singular séquencée, masculine plural séquencés, feminine plural séquencées)
- past participle of séquencer
Adjective
séquencé m (feminine singular séquencée, masculine plural séquencés, feminine plural séquencées)