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 ,
• chronological_sequence ,
• succession ,
• successiveness ,
• chronological_succession

) a following of one thing after another in time; "the doctor saw a sequence of patients" ;

3. (

• sequence ,
• episode

) film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie ;

4. (

• succession ,
• sequence

) the action of following in order; "he played the trumps in sequence" ;

5. (

• sequence

) several repetitions of a melodic phrase in different keys ;

1. (

• sequence

) arrange in a sequence ;

2. (

• sequence

) determine the order of constituents in; "They sequenced the human genome" ;