sequencer
noun
Simple meaning
A device or system that orders and/or modifies digitally stored music and sound for playback.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
seekwuhnserSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈsikwənsɚ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
A device or system that orders and/or modifies digitally stored music and sound for playback.
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).
A device for determining the sequence of monomers in a polymer, especially amino acids in protein, or bases in DNA; A sequenator.
chemistry
An apparatus that can determine the sequence of monomers in a polymer
A control device to increase/decrease the capacity of plant that is enabled to act in a specific order or sequence.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- B2 · Upper Intermediate (estimated)
- Frequency
- Uncommon
- Formality
- Technical
Word Aura™
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Aura for this meaning
This meaning: A device or system that orders and/or modifies digitally stored music and sound for playback.
Used this way, sequencer is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This is a musical use: it is everyday language among musicians and listeners, and specialised outside that.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Where it naturally appears
- Music/performance
- Arts writing
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