sequence
- Noun. A set of things next to each other in a set order; a series.
- Noun. A series of musical phrases where a theme or melody is repeated, with some change each time, such as in pitch or length (example: opening of Beethoven's ''Fifth Symphony'').
- Noun. A musical composition used in some Catholic Masses between the readings. The most famous sequence is the ''Dies Irae'' (Day of Wrath) formerly used in funeral services.
- Noun. (mathematics) An ordered list of objects.
- Noun. (context, now) A subsequent event; a consequence or result.
- Verb. (transitive) to arrange in an order.
- Verb. (transitive) to determine the order of things, especially of amino acids in a protein, or of bases in a nucleic acid.
- Verb. (transitive) to produce (music) with a sequencer.
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