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A waterfall or series of small waterfalls.
* Cowper
* Longfellow
(figuratively) A stream or sequence of a thing or things occurring as if falling like a cascade.
A series of electrical (or other types of) components, the output of any one being connected to the input of the next; See also daisy chain
(juggling) A pattern typically performed with an odd number of props, where each prop is caught by the opposite hand.
(Internet) A sequence of absurd short messages posted to a newsgroup by different authors, each one responding to the most recent message and quoting the entire sequence to that point (with ever-increasing indentation).
* 1993 , "e.j.barker", Disassociation'' (on Internet newsgroup ''alt.slack )
* 1999 , "Anonymous", CYBERLIAR SCAVENGER HUNT 1999'' (on Internet newsgroup ''alt.test )
* 2004 , "swt", ARRR!'' (on Internet newsgroup ''alt.religion.kibology )
To fall as a waterfall or series of small waterfalls.
To arrange in a stepped series like a waterfall.
* 2001 , Greg M Perry, Sams teach yourself Microsoft Windows XP in 24 hours
To occur as a causal sequence.
(archaic, slang) To vomit.
cascade
English
(Webster 1913)Noun
(en noun)- Now murm'ring soft, now roaring in cascade .
- The silver brook pours the white cascade .
- The rise in serotonin levels sets off a cascade of chemical events'' — Richard M. Restak, ''The Secret Life of the Brain , Joseph Henry Press, 2001
- Don't you hate cascades ? I hate cascades!
- Spark a usenet cascade of no less than 300 replies.
- Anyway. I didn't mean to say that everyone who posts URLs is bad and wrong and should lose their breathing privileges. Just that I was getting weary of look-at-this-link posts, sort of like some people get sick of cascades .
Derived terms
* cascadable * (juggling) reverse cascade, French cascadeVerb
(cascad)- No matter how you tile or cascade the windows, each window's Minimize, Maximize, and Restore buttons work as usual.