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シーケンス Japanese meaning | Kotomora

シーケンス

also: シークエンス · シークェンス

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Meanings

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A loanword from English used in technical, computing, and everyday contexts to mean an ordered series or succession.

このプログラムは特とく定ていのシーケンスで命めい令れいを実じっ行こうする

。

This program executes instructions in a specific sequence.

DNAの塩えん基きシーケンスを解かい析せきする。

Analyze the base sequence of DNA.

Related words

順じゅん序じょ
A native Japanese word also meaning 'order' or 'sequence', but more general and less technical than シーケンス.

Word family· 10

シーケンス番ばん号ごう
sequence number
制せい御ぎょシーケンス
control sequence
放ほう棄きシーケンス
abort sequence
連れん鎖さシーケンス
chained sequence
シーケンスソフト
sequence software; sequencing software

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フラグシーケンス
flag sequence
コマンドシーケンス
command sequence
フレームシーケンス
frame sequence
電でん源げん投とう入にゅうシーケンス
power-on sequence

Written forms

シーケンスUsage62%
Most common katakana spelling for the English loanword 'sequence'.
シークエンスUsage29%
Alternate katakana spelling reflecting a slightly different English pronunciation.
シークェンスUsage9%
search-only kana form
Search-only kana form; not a standard practical spelling.

Etymology

Loanword from English 'sequence'.

エスケープシーケンス

escape sequence