# sequencing

Pronunciation: say "SEE-kwuhns-ing" US /ˈsikwənsɪŋ/, UK/AUS /ˈsiːkwənsɪŋ/

## Noun

1. The arrangement of items into a particular order or succession.
   - Simple: The act of putting things in order, one after another.
   - _The film's sequencing of flashbacks gradually reveals the protagonist's past._
   - _Project managers obsess over task sequencing to avoid costly delays._
2. The procedure of determining the order of nucleotides in a stretch of DNA, or of amino acids in a protein.
   - Simple: Finding out the order of the tiny building blocks in DNA or proteins.
   - _Whole-genome sequencing has become affordable enough for routine clinical use._
   - _The lab completed protein sequencing to identify the unknown enzyme._

## Verb

3. Present participle of sequence. — present participle and gerund of sequence
   - Simple: Present participle of sequence. Use this -ing form when the action is happening now.
   - _Researchers are sequencing thousands of genomes for the new study._
   - _The team spent months sequencing the bacterial genome._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/sequencing (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).