Continuation vs Sequence - What's the difference?
continuation | sequence | Synonyms |
The act or state of continuing; the state of being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession; prolongation; propagation.
That which extends, increases, supplements, or carries on.
(computing) A representation of an execution state of a program at a certain point in time, which may be used at a later time to resume the execution of the program from that point.
(basketball) A successful shot that, despite a foul, is made with a single continuous motion beginning before the foul, and that is therefore valid in certain forms of basketball.
A set of things next to each other in a set order; a series
A series of musical phrases where a theme or melody is repeated, with some change each time, such as in pitch or length (example: opening of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony ).
A musical composition used in some Catholic Masses between the readings. The most famous sequence is the Dies Irae (Day of Wrath) formerly used in funeral services.
(mathematics) An ordered list of objects.
A subsequent event; a consequence or result.
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A series of shots that depict a single action or style in a film, television show etc.
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(card games) A meld consisting of three or more cards of successive ranks in the same suit, such as the four, five and six of hearts.
to arrange in an order
to determine the order of things, especially of amino acids in a protein, or of bases in a nucleic acid
to produce (music) with a sequencer
Continuation is a synonym of sequence.
As a noun continuation
is the act or state of continuing; the state of being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession; prolongation; propagation.As a verb sequence is
.As an adjective sequence is
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Noun
(wikipedia continuation) (en noun)- the continuation of a story
- The series' continuation was commercially if not artistically successful.
Antonyms
* (act or state of continuing or being continued) termination, discontinuationsequence
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(wikipedia sequence)Noun
(en noun)- he found no words to convey the impressions he had received; then he gave way to the anger always the sequence of the antagonism of opinion between them.
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