Sequence (non-mathematical)
For the mathematical definition, see:
sequence
.
In
biochemistry
, a
biopolymer
's
sequence
is synonymous with its
primary structure
: the list of basic building blocks constituting the polymer (for example a
DNA sequence
). Determining such a sequence is called
sequencing
.
In
mediæval
Latin
literature
, a
sequence
(Latin
sequentia
) is a
poem
written in a non-classical
metre
that uses
rhyme
and an
accentual
(stress based) rather than quantititive (
vowel
length based) verse form. See, for example:
Pange Lingua
;
Dies Iræ
In
music
, a
sequence
is a passage which is successively repeated at different pitches (
transposed
). Sequences are either
chromatic
, or exact, or
diatonic
, if they follow the scale being used.
In
dance
, a
sequence
is a predefined series of movements.
In
computer science
, a sequence is generally synonymous with a
list
.
