sequencing

Academic Word List, sublist 3.

About 2.51 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of sequence
2. noun Arrangement in a sequence.
3. noun The procedure of determining the order of amino acids in the polypeptide chain of a protein (protein sequencing) or of nucleotides in a DNA section comprising a gene (gene sequencing).

Similar words

successiveness succession episode chronological sequence chronological succession ordering order series planning timing

Often followed by

of and the is in gel reactions by with

Word family

sequence sequenced sequences sequential sequentially