Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sequential

/səˈkwɛntʃəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.29 in modern English

Syllables: se-quen-tial
IPA: /səˈkwɛntʃəl/

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Succeeding or following in order.

adj

Succeeding or following in order.

adj

Executed as a sequence of instructions, without concurrency or parallelism.

Example Sentences

"Hitest keeps the complexity of its pattern generation under control by not allowing extensive time searches in attempts to drive fault data to and through sequential elements. Rather it treats the inputs to sequential elements as pseudoprimary outputs, and treats outputs of sequential elements as pseudoprimary inputs that are fixed for any given simulation time."

Etymology

From Latin sequentia + -al.

Word Breakdown

Root: *sekʷ-

Derived Forms

homosequential hypersequential isosequential nonsequential parasequential prequential sequentialisation sequentiality sequentialization sequentially sequentialness unsequential

Phrases

sequential algorithm sequential analysis sequential art sequential art narrative sequential compactness sequential continuity sequential file sequential logic

Synonyms

consecutive sequent serial successive

Antonyms

non-sequential

Rhymes With

potential essential non-essential presidential residential influential confidential differential existential exponential preferential prudential

Questions

How do you pronounce sequential?: The recorded pronunciation is /səˈkwɛntʃəl/.
What does sequential mean?: Succeeding or following in order.
Where does sequential come from?: From Latin sequentia + -al.

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