adj
Meaning 1
Succeeding or following in order.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: non-sequential
Standard Lemma guide
sequential
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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adj
Meaning 2
Succeeding or following in order.
Expressing succession of events.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: non-sequential
adj
Meaning 3
Executed as a sequence of instructions, without concurrency or parallelism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
in regular succession without gaps
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- serial concerts
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: consecutive, sequent, serial, successive
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Latin sequentia + -al.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: последователен (posledovatelen) — sequential
- Catalan: seqüencial — sequential
- Finnish: peräkkäinen — sequential
- German: sequenziell — sequential
- Greek: αλλεπάλληλος (allepállilos) — sequential
- Maltese: sekwenzjali — sequential
- Romanian: secvențial — sequential
- Spanish: secuencial — sequential
- Turkish: sekansiyel — sequential
Real reading context