The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sequence \Se"quence\ (s[=e]"kwens), n. [F. s['e]quence, L. sequentia, fr. sequens. See Sequent.]
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The state of being sequent; succession; order of following; arrangement.
How art thou a king But by fair sequence and succession?
--Shak.Sequence and series of the seasons of the year.
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That which follows or succeeds as an effect; sequel; consequence; result.
The inevitable sequences of sin and punishment.
--Bp. Hall. (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.
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(Mus.)
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.
A melodic phrase or passage successively repeated one tone higher; a rosalia.
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(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.
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(Card Playing)
(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.
(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.
the specific order of any linear arrangement of items; as, the sequence of amino acid residues in a protein; the sequence of instructions in a computer program; the sequence of acts in a variety show.