SEQUENCER

sequencer

(noun) computer hardware that sorts data or programs into a predetermined sequence

sequencer, sequenator

(noun) (chemistry) an apparatus that can determine the sequence of monomers in a polymer

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

sequencer (plural sequencers)

Any device that activates or deactivates the components of a machine or system according to a preplanned sequence (as in a washing machine, or central heating system).

A device or system that orders and/or modifies digitally stored music and sound for playback.

A device for determining the sequence of monomers in a polymer, especially amino acids in protein, or bases in DNA; A sequenator.

A control device to increase/decrease the capacity of plant that is enabled to act in a specific order or sequence.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.

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