sequencing

[see-kwuhn-sing]

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.

sequencing

/ 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

Example Sentences

That’s because the criteria for successfully sequencing a record album are not at all the same for live performance.

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"In the car, the context wasn't there about what else had happened in terms of the pit stop sequencing. So it was decided there was another factor for the reasoning in swapping."

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Conversely, making an mRNA vaccine requires just sequencing the virus’s genetic code – a process that today takes just hours.

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He doesn’t overpower opponents the way he could in his prime, relying more on consistent command, pitch sequencing and veteran guile to post a 9-2 record and 3.06 ERA in 17 starts this year.

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From that experience came the album’s title, and the sequencing that had the album open with the ethereal, percolating track “Inhale,” and then close with the hopeful, romantic “Exhale.”

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