Sequence vs Firstcomer - What's the difference?
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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.
* 1891 , Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country , Nebraska 2005, pp. 12-13:
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
One who comes first; a person or entity being the first to arrive, or the first in sequence.
* 1969 , Harold James Perkin, The Origins of Modern English Society 1780-1880
*1978 , (Lawrence Durrell), Livia'', Faber & Faber 1992 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 398:
*:But at long last the summer, high summer, was upon them, with the promised arrival of the four firstcomers to the old manor house.
As a verb sequence
is .As an adjective sequence
is sequenced.As a noun firstcomer is
one who comes first; a person or entity being the first to arrive, or the first in sequence.sequence
English
(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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Usage notes
* (mathematics) Beginning students often confuse (term) with (series).Verb
External links
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English
Noun
(en noun)- Britain's phenomenal success as firstcomer in the new industrialism was reflected in her record 38 per cent share of the world trade in manufactures...