See Also: rubble(medicine)
rubble(dictionary)
rubble(dictionary)

sequential (iou) and rubble (iou)


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.

rubble (iou)



rubble noun & verb. LME.
[Perh. from Anglo-Norman alt. of Old French robe spoils: see ROBE noun1. Cf. RUBBISH noun & adjective.]
A. noun.
Waste fragments of stone, brick, etc., esp. as the rubbish of decayed or demolished buildings. Formerly also, rubbish or refuse in General. LME.
K. Crossley-Holland They..reduced the..walls of Asgard to rubble.
Pieces of undressed stone used in building walls, as hard core, etc. M16.
b. Masonry made of rubble. Also rubble-work. E19.
Geology. Loose angular stones or fragments of broken material forming a mantle over some rocks, and found beneath alluvium or soil. L18.
Floating piles of ice fragments. L19.
Comb.: rubble-stone (a) = senses 2, 3 above; (b) in pl., stones of the Nature of rubble; rubble-work: see sense 2b above.
b. verb.
verb trans.
a. Crush, bring to ruin. Only in LME.
b. Cure (an ailment). Only in LME.
verb intrans. Poke or crawl about among rubbish or refuse. Now dial. M17.
verb trans. Reduce to rubble. Usu. in pass. E20.
rubbler noun a young or casual worker in a slate quarry M19.
rubbly adjective containing a lot of rubble; consisting of rubble, of the Nature of rubble: M18.