Subsequence
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Subsequence is a noun meaning A subsequent act or thing; a sequel.
Meaning
A subsequent act or thing; a sequel.
More Meanings
- The state of being subsequent.
- (mathematics) A sequence that is contained within a larger one.
- (computer science) A subset of an array with the same ordering.
Example Sentences
It must be remembered, that what we call exertion, in our bodily operations, is nothing more, as we have seen, than the subsequence of muscular motion to the feeling which we denominate desire or will; as magnetic action, in a process purely material, is the subsequence of the motion of iron to the approach of a loadstone.
Word Forms
- subsequences
Synonyms for subsequence
Depending on context, synonyms include posteriority, sequel, subsequentness.
Antonyms for subsequence
Common opposites include precedence, priority, antecedence, anteriority, antecedency.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sequel, subsequentness, posteriority, subsequency, sequence, consequent.
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