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sequencer

sequencer noun: any device that activates or deactivates the components of a machine or system according to a preplanned sequence (as in a washing machine, or central heating system).

Noun

sequencer (plural sequencers)

  1. Any device that activates or deactivates the components of a machine or system according to a preplanned sequence (as in a washing machine, or central heating system).
  2. A device or system that orders and/or modifies digitally stored music and sound for playback.
    • a MIDI sequencer
  3. A device for determining the sequence of monomers in a polymer, especially amino acids in protein, or bases in DNA; A sequenator.
  4. A control device to increase/decrease the capacity of plant that is enabled to act in a specific order or sequence.

sequencer meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Arabic

sequencer in Tamil

வரிசைப்படுத்தி

sequencer in Urdu

device that activates components according to a preplanned sequence
متوالیگر

sequencer in Arabic

device that stores sound for playback
متسلسل, مرتب

Forms of sequencer

pluralsequencers

Plural of sequencer: sequencers

Origin of sequencer

From sequence + -er.

Words formed from sequencer

Questions about sequencer

What does sequencer mean?
Sequencer means any device that activates or deactivates the components of a machine or system according to a preplanned sequence (as in a washing machine, or central heating system).
What is sequencer in Tamil?
Sequencer in Tamil is வரிசைப்படுத்தி. See Sequencer meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sequencer?
Sequencer is a noun.
What is the plural of sequencer?
The plural of sequencer is sequencers.

Words near sequencer in the dictionary

  1. sequenceability
  2. sequenceable
  3. sequenced
  4. sequenceless
  5. sequencelessness
  6. sequencer
  7. sequencers
  8. sequences
  9. sequencibility
  10. sequencies
  11. sequencing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sequencer (page history and authors); sequencer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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