[se.quence] n [ME, fr. ML sequentia, fr. LL, sequel, lit., act of following, fr. L sequent-, sequens, prp. of sequi] (14c) 1: a hymn in irregular meter between the gradual and Gospel in masses for special occasions (as Easter)
2: a continuous or connected series: as a: an extended series of poems united by a single theme "a sonnet ~" b: three or more playing cards usu. of the same suit in consecutive order of rank c: a succession of repetitions of a melodic phrase or harmonic pattern each in a new position d: a set of elements ordered so that they can be labeled with the positive integers e (1): a succession of related shots or scenes developing a single subject or phase of a film story (2): episode 3 a: order of succession b: an arrangement of the tenses of successive verbs in a sentence designed to express a coherent relationship esp. between main and subordinate parts
4. a: consequence, result b: a subsequent development
5: continuity of progression
[2]sequence vt se.quenced ; se.quenc.ing (1941) 1: to arrange in a sequence
2: to determine the sequence of chemical constituents (as amino-acid residues) in "sequenced biological macromolecules"