The Clue
Succession (8 letter answer)
The Answer
SEQUENCE
Tags
Notes
The answer SEQUENCE is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 2400 puzzles.
Related Clues
Continuous series
Succession; series
Its members are in order
Definition
SEQUENCE as a noun:
1. serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern; "the sequence of names was alphabetical"; "he invented a technique to determine the sequence of base pairs in DNA"
2. (sequence, chronological sequence, succession, successiveness, chronological succession) = a following of one thing after another in time; "the doctor saw a sequence of patients"
3. (sequence, episode) = film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie
4. (succession, sequence) = the action of following in order; "he played the trumps in sequence"
5. several repetitions of a melodic phrase in different keys
SEQUENCE as a verb:
1. arrange in a sequence
2. determine the order of constituents in; "They sequenced the human genome"