sequencer

English

noun
Definitions
  • Any device that activates or deactivates the components of a machine or system according to a preplanned sequence (as in a washing machine, or central heating system).
  • A device or system that orders and/or modifies digitally stored music and sound for playback.
  • A device for determining the sequence of monomers in a polymer, especially amino acids in protein, or bases in DNA; A sequenator.
  • A control device to increase/decrease the capacity of plant that is enabled to act in a specific order or sequence.

Etymology

Suffix from English sequence root from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (follow, say, see, notice, accompany, track).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*sekʷ-

Gloss

follow, say, see, notice, accompany, track

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

Emoji

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