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sequencer

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun One that sequences, as.
  • noun An electronic device or software program that can be instructed to order and modify digitally stored musical sounds for playback, as through a synthesizer.
  • noun An apparatus for determining the order of constituents in a biological polymer, usually DNA or protein.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

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

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun (chemistry) an apparatus that can determine the sequence of monomers in a polymer
  • noun computer hardware that sorts data or programs into a predetermined sequence

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

sequence +‎ -er

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Examples

  • Our first clue that this isn't just another sequencer was the interface: charmingly lo-fi graphics that look like

    Wired Top Stories Andy Cush 2012

  • The small yellow box to the right and behind the sequencer is a simple clok that controls the sequencer's tempo.

    MATRIXSYNTH 2009

  • (A sequencer is a electronic music instrument that plays a sequence of notes repetitively.)

    Charles Petzold cp@charlespetzold.com 2009

  • Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), is working to develop a new kind of sequencer that will make the dream of the $1,000 genome a reality.

    RedOrbit News - Technology 2010

  • Ultrabeat incorporates a step sequencer which is considerably more flexible than its ancient analog cousins. stereo Short for stereophonic sound reproduction of two different audio channels.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2009

  • Inventory Bank for Parts A "sequencer" or inventory bank was established for parts that had ongoing usage.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows Batjaa_sh 2009

  • She then splayed her fingers and laid her hand palm-down on a standard DNA sequencer.

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011

  • She then splayed her fingers and laid her hand palm-down on a standard DNA sequencer.

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011

  • She then splayed her fingers and laid her hand palm-down on a standard DNA sequencer.

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011

  • Next up is the Korg Electribe, drum synthesizer/sequencer app.

    MIND MELD: The Apple iPad: Sizzle or Fizzle? 2010

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