"sequential" meaning in English

See sequential in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From sequence + -al. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*sekʷ-|id=follow}}, {{af|en|sequence|-al}} sequence + -al Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} sequential (not comparable)
  1. Succeeding or following in order. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-sequential-en-adj-xXdW5VaH Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -al Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 33 36 31
  2. Succeeding or following in order.
    (grammar, of a verb and adjective form in Korean) Expressing succession of events.
    Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-sequential-en-adj-Olnbi4XV Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -al Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 33 36 31 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  3. (programming) Executed as a sequence of instructions, without concurrency or parallelism. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Programming
    Sense id: en-sequential-en-adj-0ZYJuewq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -al, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Maltese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 29 56 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 33 36 31 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 15 23 63 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 24 68 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 13 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 24 28 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 25 29 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 24 28 47 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 20 24 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 8 27 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Maltese translations: 25 29 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 24 28 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 11 17 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 24 28 48 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (sequential): последователен (posledovatelen) (Bulgarian), seqüencial (Catalan), peräkkäinen (Finnish), peräkkäis- (Finnish), sequenziell (German), αλλεπάλληλος (allepállilos) (Greek), sekwenzjali (Maltese), secvențial (Romanian), secuencial (Spanish), sekansiyel (Turkish)

Alternative forms

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