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subsequence en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

From subsequent.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A subsequent act or thing; a sequel.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The state of being subsequent.
    • It must be remembered, that what we call exertion, in our bodily operations, is nothing more, as we have seen, than the subsequence of muscular motion to the feeling which we denominate desire or will; as magnetic action, in a process purely material, is the subsequence of the motion of iron to the approach of a loadstone. 1818, Thomas Brown, Inquiry into the Relation of Cause and Effect, third edition, page 83:

Forms

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Deriveds

subsubsequence

Synonyms

posteriority

subsequence en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

Etymology

From sub- + sequence.

Meanings

  1. A sequence that is contained within a larger one.
  2. A subset of an array with the same ordering.

Forms

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Relateds

substring

Translations (8)

fi osajono (sequence that is contained within a larger one) · de Teilfolge (sequence that is contained within a larger one) · it sottosequenza (sequence that is contained within a larger one) · sv delföljd (sequence that is contained within a larger one) · he תת־סדרה (sequence that is contained within a larger one) · ga fosheicheamh (sequence that is contained within a larger one) · uk підпослідовність (sequence that is contained within a larger one) · it sottosuccessione (sequence that is contained within a larger one)