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   Sequence , n. [F. séquence, L. sequentia, fr. sequens. See Sequent.]
   The state of being sequent; succession; order of following; arrangement.
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   How art thou a king
   But by fair sequence and succession?
   Shak.
   
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   Sequence and series of the seasons of the year.
   Bacon.
   
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   That which follows or succeeds as an effect; sequel; consequence; result.
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   The inevitable sequences of sin and punishment.
   Bp. Hall.
   
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   (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.
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   (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.
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   (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.
   Bp. Fitzpatrick.
   
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   Originally the sequence was called a Prose, because its early form was rhythmical prose.
   Shipley.
   
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   (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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   the specific order of any linear arrangement of items; as, the sequence of amino acid residues in a protein; the sequence of instructions in a computer program; the sequence of acts in a variety show.
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   Sequence , v. t. (Biochem.) to determine the sequence of; as, to sequence a protein or a DNA fragment.
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