Sequence and Implementation

noun

• Serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern.
  • usage: "the sequence of names was alphabetical"; "he invented a technique to determine the sequence of base pairs in DNA"
• A following of one thing after another in time.
  • usage: "the doctor saw a sequence of patients"
  • synonyms: chronological sequence, succession, successiveness, chronological succession
• Film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie.
  • synonyms: episode
• The action of following in order.
  • usage: "he played the trumps in sequence"
  • synonyms: succession
• Several repetitions of a melodic phrase in different keys.

verb

• Arrange in a sequence.
• Determine the order of constituents in.
  • usage: "They sequenced the human genome"

• (n.) That which follows or succeeds as an effect; sequel; consequence; result.
• (n.) Simple succession or the coming after in time, without asserting or implying causative energy; as, the reactions of chemical agents may be conceived as merely invariable sequences.
• (n.) A hymn introduced in the Mass on certain festival days, and recited or sung immediately before the gospel, and after the gradual or introit, whence the name.
• (n.) Any succession of chords (or harmonic phrase) rising or falling by the regular diatonic degrees in the same scale; a succession of similar harmonic steps.
• (n.) Three or more cards of the same suit in immediately consecutive order of value; as, ace, king, and queen; or knave, ten, nine, and eight.
• (n.) All five cards, of a hand, in consecutive order as to value, but not necessarily of the same suit; when of one suit, it is called a sequence flush.
• (n.) A melodic phrase or passage successively repeated one tone higher; a rosalia.
• (n.) The state of being sequent; succession; order of following; arrangement.

noun

• The act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order.
  • usage: "the agency was created for the implementation of the policy"
  • synonyms: execution, carrying out
• The act of implementing (providing a practical means for accomplishing something); carrying into effect.
  • synonyms: effectuation

(DoD) Procedures governing the mobilization of the force and the deployment, employment, and sustainment of military operations in response to execution orders issued by the Secretary of Defense. Also called IMP.