(n.) The state of being sequent; succession; order of
following; arrangement.
(n.) That which follows or succeeds as an effect; sequel;
consequence; result.
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A melodic phrase or passage successively repeated one
tone higher; a rosalia.
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
