cascade

Meanings

1. A waterfall or series of small waterfalls.
2. A stream or sequence of a thing or things occurring as if falling like a cascade.
3. A series of electrical (or other types of) components, the output of any one being connected to the input of the next.
4. A pattern typically performed with an odd number of props, where each prop is caught by the opposite hand.
5. A sequence of absurd short messages posted to a newsgroup by different authors, each one responding to the most recent message and quoting the entire sequence to that point (with ever-increasing indentation).
6. A hairpiece for women consisting of curled locks or a bun attached to a firm base, used to create the illusion of fuller hair.
7. A series of reactions in which the product of one becomes a reactant in the next

1. To fall as a waterfall or series of small waterfalls.
2. To arrange in a stepped series like a waterfall.
3. To occur as a causal sequence.
4. To pass (something) down through a chain or system in a flow or series of movements.
5. To vomit.

1. A number of places in the United States:
2. An unincorporated community in Plumas County, California.
3. An unincorporated community in Cascade-Chipita Park census-designated place, El Paso County, Colorado.
4. A small city, the county seat of Valley County, Idaho.
5. A city in Dubuque County and Jones County, Iowa.
6. A township in Kent County, Michigan.
7. A township in Olmsted County, Minnesota.
8. An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Missouri.
9. A town in Cascade County, Montana.
10. An unincorporated community in Cherry County, Nebraska.
11. An unincorporated community in the city of Berlin and town of Gorham, Coos County, New Hampshire.
12. An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Ohio.

Etymology

From French cascade, from Italian cascata, from cascare (“to fall”), from Vulgar Latin *cāsicāre, derived from Latin cadere, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂d-.

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