rotation vs sequence

rotation

noun
  • Repeated play on a radio station, etc. 

  • The step during takeoff when the pilot commands the vehicle to lift the nose wheel off the ground during the takeoff roll. (see also: V2) 

  • A regular variation in a sequence, such as to even-out wear, or people taking turns in a task; a duty roster. 

  • A single complete cycle around a centre or an axis. 

  • The act of turning around a centre or an axis. 

  • An operation on a metric space that is a continuous isometry and fixes at least one point. 

  • The set of starting pitchers of a team. 

  • The earth's rotation about its axis is responsible for its being slightly oblate rather than a sphere. 

sequence

noun
  • A series of musical phrases where a theme or melody is repeated, with some change each time, such as in pitch or length (example: opening of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony). 

  • An ordered list of objects, typically indexed with natural numbers. 

  • A series of shots that depict a single action or style in a film, television show etc. 

  • The state of being sequent or following; order of succession. 

  • A musical composition used in some Catholic Masses between the readings. The most famous sequence is the Dies Irae (Day of Wrath) formerly used in funeral services. 

  • A set of things next to each other in a set order; a series 

  • A meld consisting of three or more cards of successive ranks in the same suit, such as the four, five and six of hearts. 

verb
  • to determine the order of things, especially of amino acids in a protein, or of bases in a nucleic acid 

  • to produce (music) with a sequencer 

  • to arrange in an order 

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