Noun | 1. | sequence - serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern; "the sequence of names was alphabetical"; "he invented a technique to determine the sequence of base pairs in DNA" |
2. | sequence - a following of one thing after another in time; "the doctor saw a sequence of patients" | |
3. | sequence - film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie Synonyms: episode | |
4. | sequence - the action of following in order; "he played the trumps in sequence" Synonyms: succession | |
5. | sequence - several repetitions of a melodic phrase in different keys | |
Verb | 1. | sequence - arrange in a sequence |
2. | sequence - determine the order of constituents in; "They sequenced the human genome" |