Meaning of Cascade | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A waterfall or series of small waterfalls.
2. A number of places in the United States:
3. An unincorporated community in Plumas County, California.
4. A stream or sequence of a thing or things occurring as if falling like a cascade.
   figuratively
5. An unincorporated community in Cascade-Chipita Park census-designated place, El Paso County, Colorado.
6. A series of electrical (or other types of) components, the output of any one being connected to the input of the next.
7. A small city, the county seat of Valley County, Idaho.
8. A pattern typically performed with an odd number of props, where each prop is caught by the opposite hand.
9. A city in Dubuque County and Jones County, Iowa.
10. A sequence of absurd short messages posted to a newsgroup by different authors, each one responding to the most recent message and quoting the entire sequence to that point (with ever-increasing indentation).
    Internet
11. A township in Kent County, Michigan.
12. A township in Olmsted County, Minnesota.
13. A hairpiece for women consisting of curled locks or a bun attached to a firm base, used to create the illusion of fuller hair.
14. An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Missouri.
15. A series of reactions in which the product of one becomes a reactant in the next
16. A town in Cascade County, Montana.
17. An unincorporated community in Cherry County, Nebraska.
18. An unincorporated community in the city of Berlin and town of Gorham, Coos County, New Hampshire.
19. An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Ohio.
20. A township in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
21. An unincorporated community in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
22. A neighbourhood of Seattle, Washington.
23. An unincorporated community in Preston County, West Virginia.
24. A village in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.
25. A settlement in Hanover parish, Jamaica.
26. An administrative district on Mahé, Seychelles.
27. A locality near Burnt Pine, Norfolk Island.
28. A locality in the Bellingen council area, north-eastern New South Wales, Australia.
29. A town in the Shire of Esperance, Western Australia.

Equivalents

Examples

“Now murm'ring soft, now roaring in cascade.”

“The silver brook […] pours the white cascade.”

“In the first week of May, Sharp began his summit push⟳. He scaled the North Col, an ice cascade riddled with gaping crevasses, and established a camp at about 25,920 feet, where tents often must be pitched at 45-degree angles. But when he awoke on the third morning, it was snowing and extremely windy, and Sharp decided to abandon the attempt⟳.”

“2001, Richard Restak, The Secret Life of the Brain, Joseph Henry Press⟳ The rise⟳ in serotonin levels sets off a cascade of chemical events”

“Provision was made for this cascade of units when TfL [Transport⟳ for London] exercised an option in its order⟳ for Class 710s from Bombardier for an extra 6x5-car units and 3x4-car units: these would be used on the North London line and release⟳ '378s' for the East London line.”

“Don't you hate⟳ cascades? I hate⟳ cascades!”

“Spark a usenet cascade of no less than 300 replies.”

“Anyway. I didn't mean⟳ to say⟳ that everyone who posts URLs is bad and wrong and should lose⟳ their breathing privileges. Just that I was getting weary of look-at-this-link posts, sort⟳ of like⟳ some people get⟳ sick of cascades.”

“A cascade can be added to one or both sides of the band to work⟳ well with longer hair.”

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