I. ˈsē-kwən(t)s, -ˌkwen(t)s noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin sequentia, from Late Latin, sequel, literally, act of following, from Latin sequent-, sequens, present participle of sequi
Date: 14th century
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 sequence
b. : three or more playing cards usually 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. : the exact order of bases in a nucleic acid or of amino acids in a protein
f.
(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 especially between main and subordinate parts
4.
a. : consequence , result
b. : a subsequent development
5. : continuity of progression
the narrative sequence
II. transitive verb
( se·quenced ; se·quenc·ing )
Date: 1941
1. : to arrange in a sequence
2. : to determine the sequence of chemical constituents (as amino-acid residues or nucleic-acid bases) in