sequoa.html - n.
a Californian evergreen coniferous tree, Sequoia sempervirens, of very great height. [mod.L genus-name, f. Sequoiah, the name of a Cherokee]

sequoa.html - noun
(Music) (Science and Technology) A programmable electronic instrument which can store sequences of musical notes, chords, or other signals and reproduce them when required, usually as part of a musical composition. Etymology : A specialized sense of sequencer, which had been used since the fifties for a number of electronic devices that put information in sequence. History and Usage: Sequencers first became available in the mid seventies, but it was not until the early eighties and the development of MIDI that they started to be widely used. The sequencer proved an essential piece of equipment, both as an element of electronic instruments such as the keyboard and for the electronic music styles of the eighties, with their patchwork or collage-like quality; house music, in particular, relied heavily on this technology. The Synclavier also has a 'sequencer', which is like a word processor for music: you can use it to program the machine to play 'Chopsticks' for you. Listener 24 Oct. 1985, p.
43 Musicians create their rhythm patterns in the sequencer rather than on the drum machine . Rhythm Mar . 1989, p. 30

sequoa.html - adj.
1 (of reasoning or a reasoner) not inconsequent, coherent.
2 archaic inclined to follow, lacking independence or originality, servile.

sequaciously adv. sequacity n. [L sequax f. sequi follow]

sequoa.html - n.
1 what follows (esp. as a result).
2 a novel, film, etc., that continues the story of an earlier one.

in the sequel as things developed afterwards. [ME f. OF sequelle or L sequel(l)a f. sequi follow]

sequoa.html - n.
(pl. sequelae) Med. (esp. in pl.) a morbid condition or symptom following a disease. [L f. sequi follow]

sequoa.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 succession, coming after or next.
2 order of succession (shall follow the sequence of events; give the facts in historical sequence).
3 a set of things belonging next to one another on some principle of order; a series without gaps.
4 a part of a film dealing with one scene or topic.
5 a set of poems on one theme.
6 a set of three or more playing-cards next to one another in value.
7 Mus. repetition of a phrase or melody at a higher or lower pitch.
8 Eccl. a hymn said or sung after the Gradual or Alleluia that precedes the Gospel.
9 succession without implication of causality (opp. CONSEQUENCE).

--v.

tr.
1 arrange in a definite order.
2 Biochem. ascertain the sequence of monomers in (esp. a polypeptide or nucleic acid).

sequence of tenses Gram. the dependence of the tense of a subordinate verb on the tense of the principal verb, according to certain rules (e.g. I think you are, thought you were, wrong).

sequencer n. [ME f. LL sequentia f. L sequens pres. part. of sequi follow]