Subsequence
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A subsequent act or thing; a sequel. countable, uncountable
- 2 A sequence that is contained within a larger one.
- 3 following in time wordnet
- 4 The state of being subsequent. countable, uncountable
"It must be remembered, that what we call exertion, in our bodily operations, is nothing more, as we have seen, than the subsequence of muscular motion to the feeling which we denominate desire or will; as magnetic action, in a process purely material, is the subsequence of the motion of iron to the approach of a loadstone."
- 5 A subset of an array with the same ordering.
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- 6 something that follows something else wordnet
Antonyms
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More examples"It must be remembered, that what we call exertion, in our bodily operations, is nothing more, as we have seen, than the subsequence of muscular motion to the feeling which we denominate desire or will; as magnetic action, in a process purely material, is the subsequence of the motion of iron to the approach of a loadstone."
Etymology
From subsequent.
From sub- + sequence.
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