English Explanatory Dictionary

sequencer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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).
  2. A device or system that orders and/or modifies digitally stored music and sound for playback.
  3. A device for determining the sequence of monomers in a polymer, especially amino acids in protein, or bases in DNA; A sequenator.
  4. A control device to increase/decrease the capacity of plant that is enabled to act in a specific order or sequence.

Word forms

sequencer sequencers

Etymology

From sequence + -er.

Derived words

autosequencer boiler sequencer microsequencer pump rotation sequencer but periodically changes the sequence to ensure even maintenance pyrosequencer state sequencer
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