Sequence

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

Definitions

• 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>