n.
- a particular order in which related events, movements, etc., follow each other.
▸Music a repetition of a phrase or melody at a higher or lower pitch.
▸Biochemistry the order in which amino-acid or nucleotide residues are arranged in a protein, DNA, etc.
- a set of related events, movements, etc., that follow each other in a particular order.
▸a set of three or more playing cards of the same suit next to each other in value.
- a part of a film dealing with one particular event or topic.
- (in the Eucharist) a hymn said or sung after the Gradual or Alleluia that precedes the Gospel.
v.
- arrange in a sequence.
- play or record (music) with a sequencer.
- Biochemistry ascertain the sequence of amino-acid or nucleotide residues in (a protein, DNA, etc.).
Etymology
ME: from late L. sequentia, from L. sequent-, sequi ‘to follow’.