Cascades

cas·cade  (k-skd)

n.

1. A waterfall or a series of small waterfalls over steep rocks.

2. Something, such as lace, thought to resemble a waterfall or series of small waterfalls, especially an arrangement or fall of material.

3. A succession of stages, processes, operations, or units.

4. Electronics A series of components or networks, the output of each of which serves as the input for the next.

5. A chemical or physiological process that occurs in successive stages, each of which is dependent on the preceding one, and often producing a cumulative effect: an enzymatic cascade.

intr. & tr.v. cas·cad·ed, cas·cad·ing, cas·cades

To fall or cause to fall in or as if in a cascade.

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[French, from Italian cascata, from cascare, to fall, from Vulgar Latin *casicre, from Latin cadere; see kad- in Indo-European roots.]

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Cascades - a mountain range in the northwestern United States extending through Washington and Oregon and northern California; a part of the Coast Range Cascade Mountains, Cascade Range Northwest, northwestern United States - the northwestern region of the United States Mount Saint Helens, Mount St. Helens, Mt. St. Helens - an active volcano in the Cascade Range in southwestern Washington; erupted violently in 1980 after 123 years of inactivity Mount Adams, Adams - a mountain peak in southwestern Washington in the Cascade Range (12,307 feet high) Coast Mountains, Coast Range - a string of mountain ranges along the Pacific coast of North America from southeastern Alaska to Lower California Mount Ranier, Mount Tacoma, Mt. Ranier, Ranier - a mountain peak in central Washington; highest peak in the Cascade Range; (14,410 feet high)