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sequencing

sequencing is the present participle and gerund of sequence.

Noun

sequencing (countable and uncountable, plural sequencings)

  1. Arrangement in a sequence.
  2. (molecular biology) The procedure of determining the order of amino acids in the polypeptide chain of a protein (protein sequencing) or of nucleotides in a DNA section comprising a gene (gene sequencing).

Meaning of sequence

Verb

sequence (third-person singular simple present sequences, present participle sequencing, simple past and past participle sequenced)

  1. (transitive) To arrange (something) in an order.
    • We sequenced the code to keep it organised.
  2. (transitive) To determine the order of monomers in (a biological polymer), e.g. of amino acids in (a protein), or of bases in (a nucleic acid).
  3. (transitive) To produce (music) with a sequencer.
  4. (intransitive, uncommon) To proceed through a sequence or series of things.
    • Children start to make meanings and connections as soon as they encounter the book. This starts with the initial analyses and inferences they make when they see the book cover and continues as they sequence through the interior illustrations.2021 April 21, Benita Strnad, Ginger Magnusson Hewitt, “Reading a Book Through Its Cover: The Importance of Preserving Visual and Tactile Information in Children’s and Young Adult Literature in the...

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Forms of sequencing

pluralsequencings

Words formed from sequencing

Questions about sequencing

What does sequencing mean?
Sequencing means arrangement in a sequence.
What is sequencing the present participle and gerund of?
Sequencing is the present participle and gerund of sequence.
What part of speech is sequencing?
Sequencing is a noun.
What is the plural of sequencing?
The plural of sequencing is sequencings.

Words near sequencing in the dictionary

  1. sequencer
  2. sequencers
  3. sequences
  4. sequencibility
  5. sequencies
  6. sequencing
  7. sequencings
  8. sequency
  9. sequent
  10. sequent calculi
  11. sequent calculus

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