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subsequence

subsequence noun: a subsequent act or thing; a sequel.

Noun (1)

subsequence (countable and uncountable, plural subsequences)

  1. A subsequent act or thing; a sequel.
  2. The state of being subsequent.
    • It must be remembered, that what we call exertion, in our bodily operations, is nothing more, as we have seen, than the subsequence of muscular motion to the feeling which we denominate desire or will; as magnetic action, in a process purely material, is the subsequence of the motion of iron to the...1818, Thomas Brown, Inquiry into the Relation of Cause and Effect, third edition, page 83

Noun (2)

subsequence (plural subsequences)

  1. A sequence that is contained within a larger one.
  2. A subset of an array with the same ordering.

Synonyms of subsequence

Forms of subsequence

pluralsubsequences

Origin of subsequence

From subsequent.

From sub- + sequence.

Words formed from subsequence

Questions about subsequence

What does subsequence mean?
Subsequence means a subsequent act or thing; a sequel.
What part of speech is subsequence?
Subsequence is a noun.
What is the plural of subsequence?
The plural of subsequence is subsequences.

Words near subsequence in the dictionary

  1. subsepta
  2. subseptate
  3. subseptic
  4. subsepts
  5. subseptuple
  6. subsequence
  7. subsequences
  8. subsequency
  9. subsequent
  10. subsequential
  11. subsequentially

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