Sequence (non-mathematical)

For the mathematical definition, see: sequence.

• In biochemistry, a biopolymer's sequence is synonymous with its primary structure: the list of basic building blocks constituting the polymer (for example a DNA sequence). Determining such a sequence is called sequencing.
• In mediæval Latin literature, a sequence (Latin sequentia) is a poem written in a non-classical metre that uses rhyme and an accentual (stress based) rather than quantititive (vowel length based) verse form. See, for example: Pange Lingua; Dies Iræ
• In music, a sequence is a passage which is successively repeated at different pitches (transposed). Sequences are either chromatic, or exact, or diatonic, if they follow the scale being used.
• In dance, a sequence is a predefined series of movements.
• In computer science, a sequence is generally synonymous with a list.