sequencing (redirected from RNA sequencing)

se·quence  (skwns, -kwns)

n.

1. A following of one thing after another; succession.

2. An order of succession; an arrangement.

3. A related or continuous series. See Synonyms at series.

4. Games Three or more playing cards in consecutive order; a run.

5. A series of related shots that constitute a complete unit of action in a movie.

6. Music A melodic or harmonic pattern successively repeated at different pitches with or without a key change.

7. Roman Catholic Church A hymn sung between the gradual and the Gospel.

8. Mathematics An ordered set of quantities, as x, 2x², 3x³, 4x⁴.

9. Biochemistry The order of constituents in a polymer, especially the order of nucleotides in a nucleic acid or of the amino acids in a protein.

tr.v. se·quenced, se·quenc·ing, se·quenc·es

1. To organize or arrange in a sequence.

2. To determine the order of constituents in (a polymer, such as a nucleic acid or protein molecule).

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[Middle English, a type of hymn, from Old French, from Medieval Latin sequentia, hymn, that which follows (from its following the alleluia), from Late Latin, from Latin sequns, sequent-, present participle of sequ, to follow; see sek^w-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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sequencing [ˈsiːkwənsɪŋ]

n Biochem

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biochemistry) the procedure of determining the order of amino acids in the polypeptide chain of a protein (protein sequencing) or of nucleotides in a DNA section comprising a gene (gene sequencing)

2. (Business / Commerce) Also called priority sequencing Commerce specifying the order in which jobs are to be processed, based on the allocation of priorities

Translations

sequencing [ˈsiːkwənsɪŋ] n → séquençage m gene sequencing