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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A musical composition used in some Catholic Masses between the readings. The most famous sequence is the ''Dies Irae'' (Day of Wrath) formerly used in funeral services.
  • A series of musical phrases where a theme or melody is repeated, with some change each time, such as in pitch or length (example: opening of Beethoven's ''Fifth Symphony'').
  • A set of things next to each other in a set order; a series
  • now|_|rare A subsequent event; a consequence or result.
  • mathematics An ordered list of objects.

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Verb:

  • transitive to arrange in an order
  • transitive to determine the order of things, especially of amino acids in a protein, or of bases in a nucleic acid

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