sequentiality
- noun
- /sɪˌkwɛnʃiˈælɪti/
- In programming, sequentiality ensures that commands are executed in the prescribed order.
Examples
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Ivan also entertains the notion that there will be no absolute point in time (in his life, in history) for there are only the observable rules that govern the sequentiality/causality of the quotidian "Euclidean" world.
Academic text (2018) -
The teacher emphasized the importance of sequentiality in solving complex math problems.
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For narrative—stow—is not the same thing as simple sequentiality.
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Temporality and sequentiality become impossible, and absences no longer suggest movement; they only indicate different pieces in a larger symmetrical puzzle.
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All theories of time confront two inevitabilities: first, the inevitability of sequentiality and the impossibility of repetition; and, second, the inevitability of death and forgetting as symptoms not just of loss of the past, but of the decay of the self.
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Understanding sequentiality is crucial for analyzing historical events accurately.
Synonyms
The arrangement of things in a neat sequence
A set of things or events that come one after another in a specific order
A series of people or things that come one after another
Arranging things in a particular sequence so they are easy to find
A series of things that happen one after another
Happening after another event in time or order
Antonyms
How Sequential
Surface Forms
Morphology
sequentiality = sequential (transparent) = sequence + ial + ity
Formed by adding the noun-forming suffix '-ity' to the adjective 'sequential', yielding the state or quality of being sequential.
Etymology
The word sequentiality comes from the Latin root sequi, which means 'to follow', and it shares this root with everyday words like sequence and sequel. So, think of a story's sequel or a list where items come 'one after another' to remember that sequentiality is the quality of things happening in a set order.