Meaning

4 senses
  1. 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).

    Sequenzer

    секве́нсорsekvɛ́nsor, секве́нсорsekvénsor, секве́нсерsekvɛ́nsɛr

  2. A device or system that orders and/or modifies digitally stored music and sound for playback.

    a MIDI sequencer

    Sequenzer

  3. A device for determining the sequence of monomers in a polymer, especially amino acids in protein, or bases in DNA; A sequenator.

    секвенаторsekvenator

    (chemistry) an apparatus that can determine the sequence of monomers in a polymer

  4. A control device to increase/decrease the capacity of plant that is enabled to act in a specific order or sequence.

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
device that activates components according to a preplanned sequence:
device that determines the sequence of monomers in a polymer:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
device that activates components according to a preplanned sequence:

Origin

From sequence + -er.

From sequence + -er.

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Forms

plural: sequencers
Singularsequencer
Pluralsequencers

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (chemistry) an apparatus that can determine the sequence of monomers in a polymer:sequenator

Word family

4 related words

See also

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