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Sequence vs. String — What's the Difference?

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Sequence

In mathematics, a sequence is an enumerated collection of objects in which repetitions are allowed and order matters. Like a set, it contains members (also called elements, or terms).

String

Material made of drawn-out, twisted fiber, used for fastening, tying, or lacing.

Sequence

A particular order in which related things follow each other
The poems should be read in sequence
The content of the programme should follow a logical sequence

String

A strand or cord of such material.

Sequence

A set of related events, movements, or items that follow each other in a particular order
A gruelling sequence of exercises
A sonnet sequence
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String

A cord stretched on an instrument and struck, plucked, or bowed to produce tones.

Sequence

A part of a film dealing with one particular event or topic
The famous underwater sequence

String

Strings The section of a band or orchestra composed of stringed instruments, especially violins, violas, cellos, and double basses.

Sequence

(in the Eucharist) a hymn said or sung after the Gradual or Alleluia that precedes the Gospel.

String

Strings Stringed instruments or their players considered as a group.

Sequence

Arrange in a particular order
Trainee librarians decide how a set of misfiled cards could be sequenced

String

Something resembling a string or appearing as a long, thin line
Limp strings of hair.

Sequence

Play or record (music) with a sequencer.

String

A plant fiber.

Sequence

A following of one thing after another; succession.

String

(Physics) One of the extremely minute objects that form the basis of string theory.

Sequence

An order of succession; an arrangement.

String

A set of objects threaded together or attached on a string
A string of beads.

Sequence

A related or continuous series.

String

A number of objects arranged in a line
A string of islands.

Sequence

(Games) Three or more playing cards in consecutive order and usually the same suit; a run.

String

(Computers) A set of consecutive characters.

Sequence

A series of related shots that constitute a complete unit of action in a movie.

String

A series of similar or related acts, events, or items
A string of victories.

Sequence

(Music) A melodic or harmonic pattern successively repeated at different pitches with or without a key change.

String

A set of animals, especially racehorses, belonging to a single owner; a stable.

Sequence

Roman Catholic Church A hymn sung between the gradual and the Gospel.

String

A scattered group of businesses under a single ownership or management
A string of boutiques.

Sequence

(Mathematics) An ordered set of quantities, as x, 2x2, 3x3, 4x4.

String

A group of players ranked according to ability within a team
He made the second string.

Sequence

(Biochemistry) The order of constituents in a polymer, especially the order of nucleotides in a nucleic acid or of the amino acids in a protein.

String

A complete game consisting of ten frames in bowling.

Sequence

To organize or arrange in a sequence.

String

A stringboard.

Sequence

To determine the order of constituents in (a polymer, such as a nucleic acid or protein molecule).

String

A stringcourse.

Sequence

A set of things next to each other in a set order; a series

String

(Games) The balk line in billiards.

Sequence

(uncountable) The state of being sequent or following; order of succession.
Complete the listed tasks in sequence.

String

(Informal) A limiting or hidden condition. Often used in the plural
A gift with no strings attached.

Sequence

A series of musical phrases where a theme or melody is repeated, with some change each time, such as in pitch or length (example: opening of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony).

String

To fit or furnish with strings or a string
String a guitar.
String a tennis racket.

Sequence

A musical composition used in some Catholic Masses between the readings. The most famous sequence is the Dies Irae (Day of Wrath) formerly used in funeral services.

String

To stretch out or extend
String a wire across a room.

Sequence

(mathematics) An ordered list of objects, typically indexed with natural numbers.

String

To thread on a string
String popcorn.

Sequence

A subsequent event; a consequence or result.

String

To arrange in a line or series
Strung the words into a sentence.

Sequence

A series of shots that depict a single action or style in a film, television show etc.

String

To fasten, tie, or hang with a string or strings
String a hammock between trees.

Sequence

(card games) A meld consisting of three or more cards of successive ranks in the same suit, such as the four, five and six of hearts.

String

To strip (vegetables) of fibers.

Sequence

(transitive) to arrange in an order

String

To extend or progress in a string, line, or succession
"We followed the others stringing through the narrow paved paths" (Susan Richards Shreve).

Sequence

To determine the order of things, especially of amino acids in a protein, or of bases in a nucleic acid

String

(countable) A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.

Sequence

(transitive) to produce (music) with a sequencer

String

(uncountable) Such a structure considered as a substance.

Sequence

The state of being sequent; succession; order of following; arrangement.
How art thou a kingBut by fair sequence and succession?
Sequence and series of the seasons of the year.

String

(countable) A thread

Sequence

That which follows or succeeds as an effect; sequel; consequence; result.
The inevitable sequences of sin and punishment.

String

(countable) Any similar long, thin and flexible object.

Sequence

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.

String

(musical instrument) A segment of wire (typically made of plastic or metal) or other material used as vibrating element on a musical instrument.
A violinstring
A bowstring

Sequence

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.

String

(sports) A length of nylon or other material on the head of a racquet.

Sequence

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.
Originally the sequence was called a Prose, because its early form was rhythmical prose.

String

A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged.
A string of shells or beads
A string of sausages

Sequence

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.

String

(countable) A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.
The string of spittle dangling from his chin was most unattractive

Sequence

The specific order of any linear arrangement of items; as, the sequence of amino acid residues in a protein; the sequence of instructions in a computer program; the sequence of acts in a variety show.

String

(countable) A series of items or events.
A string of successes

Sequence

To determine the sequence of; as, to sequence a protein or a DNA fragment.

String

(countable) The members of a sports team or squad regarded as most likely to achieve success. (Perhaps metaphorical as the "strings" that hold the squad together.) Often first string, second string etc.

Sequence

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

String

(countable) In various games and competitions, a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc.

Sequence

A following of one thing after another in time;
The doctor saw a sequence of patients

String

(collective) A drove of horses, or a group of racehorses kept by one owner or at one stable.

Sequence

Film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie

String

An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.

Sequence

The action of following in order;
He played the trumps in sequence

String

A stringed instrument.

Sequence

Several repetitions of a melodic phrase in different keys

String

The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow, or the persons playing those instruments.

Sequence

Arrange in a sequence

String

The conditions and limitations in a contract collectively.
No strings attached

Sequence

Determine the order of constituents in;
They sequenced the human genome

String

The main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics.

String

(slang) Cannabis or marijuana.

String

(billiards) Part of the game of billiards, where the order of the play is determined by testing who can get a ball closest to the bottom rail by shooting it onto the end rail.

String

The buttons strung on a wire by which the score is kept.

String

The points made in a game of billiards.

String

The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play, as by being pocketed or knocked off the table; also called the string line.

String

A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.

String

(archaic) A fibre, as of a plant; a little fibrous root.

String

(archaic) A nerve or tendon of an animal body.

String

(shipbuilding) An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.

String

(botany) The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants.
The strings of beans

String

(mining) A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.

String

(architecture) A stringcourse.

String

A hoax; a fake story.

String

Synonym of stable

String

(oil drilling) A column of drill pipe that transmits drilling fluid (via the mud pumps) and torque (via the kelly drive or top drive) to the drill bit.

String

(transitive) To put (items) on a string.
You can string these beads on to this cord to make a colorful necklace.

String

(transitive) To put strings on (something).
It is difficult to string a tennis racket properly.

String

(intransitive) To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.

String

To drive the ball against the end of the table and back, in order to determine which player is to open the game.

String

(birdwatching) To deliberately state that a certain bird is present when it is not; to knowingly mislead other birders about the occurrence of a bird, especially a rarity; to misidentify a common bird as a rare species.

String

A small cord, a line, a twine, or a slender strip of leather, or other substance, used for binding together, fastening, or tying things; a cord, larger than a thread and smaller than a rope; as, a shoe string; a bonnet string; a silken string.
Round Ormond's knee thou tiest the mystic string.

String

A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged; a succession; a concatenation; a chain; as, a string of shells or beads; a string of dried apples; a string of houses; a string of arguments.

String

A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.

String

The cord of a musical instrument, as of a piano, harp, or violin; specifically (pl.), the stringed instruments of an orchestra, in distinction from the wind instruments; as, the strings took up the theme.
Me softer airs befit, and softer stringsOf lute, or viol still.

String

The line or cord of a bow.
He twangs the grieving string.

String

A fiber, as of a plant; a little, fibrous root.
Duckweed putteth forth a little string into the water, from the bottom.

String

A nerve or tendon of an animal body.
The string of his tongue was loosed.

String

An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.

String

The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericap of leguminous plants, and which is readily pulled off; as, the strings of beans.

String

A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.

String

Same as Stringcourse.

String

The points made in a game.

String

In various indoor games, a score or tally, sometimes, as in American billiard games, marked by buttons threaded on a string or wire.

String

The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play as by being pocketed or knocked off the table; - called also string line.

String

A hoax; a trumped-up or "fake" story.

String

A sequence of similar objects or events sufficiently close in time or space to be perceived as a group; a string of accidents; a string of restaurants on a highway.

String

A one-dimensional string-like mathematical object used as a means of representing the properties of fundamental particles in string theory, one theory of particle physics; such hypothetical objects are one-dimensional and very small (10-33 cm) but exist in more than four spatial dimensions, and have various modes of vibration. Considering particles as strings avoids some of the problems of treating particles as points, and allows a unified treatment of gravity along with the other three forces (electromagnetism, the weak force, and the strong force) in a manner consistent with quantum mechanics. See also string theory.

String

To furnish with strings; as, to string a violin.
Has not wise nature strung the legs and feetWith firmest nerves, designed to walk the street?

String

To put in tune the strings of, as a stringed instrument, in order to play upon it.
For here the Muse so oft her harp has strung,That not a mountain rears its head unsung.

String

To put on a string; to file; as, to string beads.

String

To make tense; to strengthen.
Toil strung the nerves, and purified the blood.

String

To hoax; josh; jolly; often used with along; as, we strung him along all day until he realized we were kidding.

String

To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.

String

A lightweight cord

String

Stringed instruments that are played with a bow;
The strings played superlatively well

String

A tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed

String

A sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding;
A string of islands
Train of mourners
A train of thought

String

A linear sequence of symbols (characters or words or phrases)

String

A tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening;
He pulled the drawstring and closed the bag

String

A collection of objects threaded on a single strand

String

A necklace made by a stringing objects together;
A string of beads
A strand of pearls

String

Thread on or as if on a string;
String pearls on a string
The child drew glass beads on a string
Thread dried cranberries

String

Add as if on a string;
String these ideas together
String up these songs and you'll have a musical

String

Move or come along

String

Stretch out or arrange like a string

String

String together; tie or fasten with a string;
String the package

String

Remove the stringy parts of;
String beans

String

Provide with strings;
String my guitar

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