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Subsequence

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. A subsequent act or thing; a sequel.
  2. A sequence that is contained within a larger one.
  3. The state of being subsequent.
  4. A subset of an array with the same ordering.

Equivalents

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Suomiosajono
עבריתתת־סדרה
Svenskadelföljd

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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