Timing vs Sequence - What's the difference?
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(obsolete) An occurrence or event.
(uncountable) The regulation of the pace of e.g. an athletic race, the speed of an engine, the delivery of a joke, or the occurrence of a series of events.
(uncountable) The time when something happens.
(uncountable) The synchronization of the firing of the spark plugs in an internal combustion engine.
(countable) An instance of recording the time of something.
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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.
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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
As verbs the difference between timing and sequence
is that timing is while sequence is .As a noun timing
is (obsolete) an occurrence or event.As an adjective sequence is
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* active timing * attack timing * back-timing * basic ignition timing * basic timing * color timing * comic timing * computer-controlled timing * continuous variable valve timing * dynamic ignition timing * ignition timing * market timing * sequential valve timing * signal timing * stress timing * syllable timing * targa timing * target timing * valve timing * variable cam timing * variable valve timingVerb
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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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