Definition of: sequence

(sē′kwəns) noun
1. The process or fact of following in space, time, or thought; succession or order: also se′quen·cy.
2. Order of succession; arrangement.
3. A number of things following one another, considered collectively; a series.
4. An effect or consequence.
5. Music A regular succession of similar melodic phrases at different pitches.
6. Eccl. In the Eucharistic liturgy, a prose or hymn sung immediately after the gradual and before the gospel.
7. In card games, a set of three or more cards next each other in value; in poker, a straight.
8. A section of motion–picture film presenting a single episode, without time lapses or interruptions.
9. Math. An ordered succession of quantities, as 2x, 4x², 8x³, 16x⁴ . . . 2ⁿxⁿ, a finite sequence, and x₁, x₂, x₃, . . . x_n, . . ., or x_n, an infinite sequence. See synonyms under TIME. [<MF séquence <L sequentia <sequens. -entis, ppr. of sequi follow]