se·quence /ˈsikwən(t)s, ˌkwɛn(t)s/
 順序,連續,次序(vt.)按順序排好順序,序列,繼起的事


 se·quence /ˈsɪkwən(t)s, ˌkwɛn(t)s/ 名詞
 (排列)順序,連續,繼續,序列,次順,順序


 sequence
 隨機數順序


 sequence
 失序


 sequence
 順序; 序列


 sequence
 順序 序列


 Se·quence n.
 1. The state of being sequent; succession; order of following; arrangement.
 How art thou a king
 But by fair sequence and succession?   --Shak.
    Sequence and series of the seasons of the year.   --Bacon.
 2. That which follows or succeeds as an effect; sequel; consequence; result.
    The inevitable sequences of sin and punishment.   --Bp. Hall.
 3. Philos. 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.
 4. Mus. (a) 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. (b) A melodic phrase or passage successively repeated one tone higher; a rosalia.
 5. R.C.Ch. 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.
    Originally the sequence was called a Prose, because its early form was rhythmical prose.   --Shipley.
 6. Card Playing (a) Whist 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. (b) Poker All five cards, of a hand, in consecutive order as to value, but not necessarily of the same suit; when of one suit, it is called a sequence flush.

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 sequence
      n 1: 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: a following of one thing after another in time; "the doctor
         saw a sequence of patients" [syn: chronological sequence,
          succession, successiveness, chronological succession]
      3: film consisting of a succession of related shots that
         develop a given subject in a movie [syn: episode]
      4: the action of following in order; "he played the trumps in
         sequence" [syn: succession]
      5: several repetitions of a melodic phrase in different keys
      v 1: arrange in a sequence
      2: determine the order of constituents in; "They sequenced the
         human genome"