sequence

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WH: In a way this sequence is a little bit misleading because it's the only action sequence, the only sequence that looks a little bit like "Hollywood".

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  1. noun A following of one thing after another; succession.
  2. noun An order of succession; an arrangement.
  3. noun A related or continuous series. See Synonyms at series.
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  • This sequence is also nice. —  Sugata Mitra shows how kids teach themselves
  • Their first BOIDC title in the sequence was a four-wicket win over ORC back in 02 / 03. —  Central Western Daily
  • Set on the streets of New York's Lower East Side the sequence is all black and white except for the things that are blue. —  Cool Hunting
  • Despite only being a couple of minutes, time really does seem to stand still here - when the highlight of a sequence is a close-up of someone's foot, you know it's time to move on. —  DVD Times
  • I found out that the first differences of this sequence were all the triangular numbers from before. —  Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions
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pattern ·  series ·  procedure ·  code ·  mode ·  analysis ·  phase ·  mechanism ·  combination ·  cycle ·  concept ·  frequency

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sequence:   sequences
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  1. Middle English, a type of hymn, from Old French, from Medieval Latin sequentia, hymn, that which follows (from its following the alleluia), from Late Latin, from Latin sequēns, sequent-, present participle of sequī, to follow; see sekw-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English sequence, from Old French sequence, a sequence at cards, answering verses, French séquence = Spanish secuencia = Portuguese sequencia = Italian seguenza, from Late Latin sequentia, a following, from Latin sequen (t -) s, following: see sequent.
 

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