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sequential (iou)



sequential adjective. E19.
[from (the same root as) SEQUENCE noun + -AL1, after consequence, consequential.]
1. a. Medicine. Following as a secondary condition; occurring as a sequel to a previous disease. E19.
b. Following as a sequel to; (of two or more things) successive. M19.
c. Resultant, consequent. L19.
Howard Journal The neglect of sequential effects has obscured..some phenomena.
2. Characterized by the regular sequence of its parts; occurring in a particular order; (esp. Computing) performed or used in sequence. M19.
I. McEwan Different kinds of time, not simply the linear, sequential time of common sense.
Special collocations: sequential circuit Electronics a logic circuit whose output depends on the order or timing of the inputs. sequential induction Biochemistry the formation in sequence of a group of related enzymes, consequent upon the induction of the first enzyme of the series. sequential scanning the usual method of scanning a television image, in which each line is traversed in the same direction with a rapid blanked fly-back after each.
sequentially adverb M17.
sequentiality noun L19.