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sequencer
/ ˈsiːkwənsə /
noun
- an electronic device that determines the order in which a number of operations occur
- an electronic device that sorts information into the required order for data processing
- a unit connected to a synthesizer, which is capable of memorizing sequences of notes
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
A lab in South Africa first sent up a warning flare in November after its sequencers spotted a virus genome with more than 50 mutations.
In a large room, rows and rows of big beige machines, automated gene sequencers, hummed along, churning their way through DNA.
The Apple faithful will really love the responsive, multifaceted Logic Remote app for iPad and iPhone, which provides tightly integrated multitouch control over the Logic Pro X mixer, step sequencer, software instruments, and shortcut key commands.
Gillis’s team would put the cells through the sequencer and compare the data to that of previously sequenced patients, trying to find some common patterns.
Back in the 1990s, Lee Hood, a technologist and immunologist famous for co-inventing the automated DNA sequencer, made a bold prediction.
In the case of music, a device called a sequencer is used for this purpose.
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