CASCADE


Meaning of CASCADE in English

n. & v.

--n.

1. a small waterfall, esp. forming one in a series or part of a large broken waterfall.

2 a succession of electrical devices or stages in a process.

3 a quantity of material etc. draped in descending folds.

4 a process of disseminating information from senior to junior levels in an organization.

--v.intr. fall in or like a cascade.

Etymology: F f. It. cascata f. cascare to fall ult. f. L casus: see CASE(1)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.