Series vs. Sequence
Seriesnoun
A number of things that follow on one after the other or are connected one after the other.
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A television or radio program which consists of several episodes that are broadcast in regular intervals
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A group of episodes of a television or radio program broadcast in regular intervals with a long break between each group, usually with one year between the beginning of each.
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(mathematics) The sequence of partial sums \sum_{i=1}^n{a_i} of a given sequence ai.
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A group of matches between two sides, with the aim being to win more matches than the opposition.
Seriesnoun
(zoology) An unranked taxon.
Seriesnoun
(botany) A subdivision of a genus, a taxonomic rank below that of section (and subsection) but above that of species.
Seriesnoun
(commerce) A parcel of rough diamonds of assorted qualities.
Seriesnoun
(phonology) A set of consonants that share a particular phonetic or phonological feature.
Seriesadjective
(electronics) Connected one after the other in a circuit.
Seriesnoun
A number of things or events standing or succeeding in order, and connected by a like relation; sequence; order; course; a succession of things; as, a continuous series of calamitous events.
Seriesnoun
Any comprehensive group of animals or plants including several subordinate related groups.
Seriesnoun
In Engler's system of plant classification, a group of families showing certain structural or morphological relationships. It corresponds to the cohort of some writers, and to the order of many modern systematists.
Seriesnoun
An indefinite number of terms succeeding one another, each of which is derived from one or more of the preceding by a fixed law, called the law of the series; as, an arithmetical series; a geometrical series.
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A mode of arranging the separate parts of a circuit by connecting them successively end to end to form a single path for the current; - opposed to parallel. The parts so arranged are said to be in series.
Seriesnoun
A parcel of rough diamonds of assorted qualities.
Seriesnoun
similar things placed in order or happening one after another;
Seriesnoun
a serialized set of programs;
Seriesnoun
a periodical that appears at scheduled times
Seriesnoun
(sports) several contests played successively by the same teams;
Seriesnoun
a group of postage stamps having a common theme or a group of coins or currency selected as a group for study or collection;
Seriesnoun
(mathematics) the sum of a finite or infinite sequence of expressions
Seriesnoun
(electronics) connection of components in such a manner that current flows first through one and then through the other;
Sequencenoun
A set of things next to each other in a set order; a series
Sequencenoun
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).
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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.
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(mathematics) An ordered list of objects, typically indexed with natural numbers.
Sequencenoun
A subsequent event; a consequence or result.
Sequencenoun
A series of shots that depict a single action or style in a film, television show etc.
Sequencenoun
(card games) A meld consisting of three or more cards of successive ranks in the same suit, such as the four, five and six of hearts.
Sequenceverb
(transitive) to arrange in an order
Sequenceverb
(transitive) to determine the order of things, especially of amino acids in a protein, or of bases in a nucleic acid
Sequenceverb
(transitive) to produce (music) with a sequencer
Sequencenoun
The state of being sequent; succession; order of following; arrangement.
Sequencenoun
That which follows or succeeds as an effect; sequel; consequence; result.
Sequencenoun
Simple succession, or the coming after in time, without asserting or implying causative energy; as, the reactions of chemical agents may be conceived as merely invariable sequences.
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Any succession of chords (or harmonic phrase) rising or falling by the regular diatonic degrees in the same scale; a succession of similar harmonic steps.
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A hymn introduced in the Mass on certain festival days, and recited or sung immediately before the gospel, and after the gradual or introit, whence the name.
Sequencenoun
Three or more cards of the same suit in immediately consecutive order of value; as, ace, king, and queen; or knave, ten, nine, and eight.
Sequencenoun
the specific order of any linear arrangement of items; as, the sequence of amino acid residues in a protein; the sequence of instructions in a computer program; the sequence of acts in a variety show.
Sequenceverb
to determine the sequence of; as, to sequence a protein or a DNA fragment.
Sequencenoun
serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern;
Sequencenoun
a following of one thing after another in time;
Sequencenoun
film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie
Sequencenoun
the action of following in order;
Sequencenoun
several repetitions of a melodic phrase in different keys
Sequenceverb
arrange in a sequence
Sequenceverb
determine the order of constituents in;
Sequencenoun
a particular order in which related things follow each other
Sequencenoun
a repetition of a phrase or melody at a higher or lower pitch
Sequencenoun
the order in which amino-acid or nucleotide residues are arranged in a protein, DNA, etc.
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a set of related events, movements, or items that follow each other in a particular order
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a set of three or more playing cards of the same suit next to each other in value, for example 10, 9, 8.
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an infinite ordered series of numerical quantities.
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a part of a film dealing with one particular event or topic
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(in the Eucharist) a hymn said or sung after the Gradual or Alleluia that precedes the Gospel.
Sequenceverb
arrange in a particular order
Sequenceverb
ascertain the sequence of amino-acid or nucleotide residues in (a protein, DNA, etc.)
Sequenceverb
play or record (music) with a sequencer.
Sequence
In mathematics, a sequence is an enumerated collection of objects in which repetitions are allowed and order matters. Like a set, it contains members (also called elements, or terms).
