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• present participle of sequence.

sequencing

American  

[see-kwuhn-sing] / ˈsi kwən sɪŋ /

noun

1. the interruption of a career by a woman to bear and care for children until they reach an age that allows her to resume work.

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sequencing British  

/ ˈsiːkwənsɪŋ /

noun

1. the procedure of determining the order of amino acids in the polypeptide chain of a protein ( protein sequencing ) or of nucleotides in a DNA section comprising a gene ( gene sequencing )

2. Also called: priority sequencing.  commerce specifying the order in which jobs are to be processed, based on the allocation of priorities

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sequencing

By sequencing and measuring crystals formed in the magma, the researchers reconstructed what happened during the 122 B.C. eruption.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

But it is also creating a gold rush in a growing corner of healthcare: tumor sequencing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Personalis has been involved in the tumor sequencing for Moderna’s clinical program.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Genetic sequencing showed that the organisms' DNA was present in the samples, but getting the microbes to grow in the laboratory so researchers could study them directly proved far more difficult.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026

In a blink of pure fantasy, I suddenly saw myself walking away from Dell Duke's grimy car with a tiny glass vial of her blood sample for genome sequencing.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan