the following of one thing after another; succession.

order of succession

a list of books in alphabetical sequence.

a continuous or connected series

a sonnet sequence.

something that follows; a subsequent event; result; consequence.

Music . a melodic or harmonic pattern repeated three or more times at different pitches with or without modulation.

Liturgy . a hymn sometimes sung after the gradual and before the gospel; prose.

Movies . a series of related scenes or shots, as those taking place in one locale or at one time, that make up one episode of the film narrative.

Cards . a series of three or more cards following one another in order of value, esp. of the same suit.

Genetics . the linear order of monomers in a polymer, as nucleotides in DNA or amino acids in a protein.

Mathematics . a set whose elements have an order similar to that of the positive integers; a map from the positive integers to a given set.

to place in a sequence.

Biochemistry . to determine the order of (chemical units in a polymer chain), esp. nucleotides in DNA or RNA or amino acids in a protein.

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