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cascade
[ kas-keyd ]
noun
- a waterfall descending over a steep, rocky surface.
- a series of shallow or steplike waterfalls, either natural or artificial.
- anything that resembles a waterfall, especially in seeming to flow or fall in abundance:
a cascade of roses covering the wall.
- (in a drain or sewer) a chain of steps for dissipating the momentum of falling water in a steep place in order to maintain a steady rate of flow.
- an arrangement of a lightweight fabric in folds falling one over another in random or zigzag fashion.
- a type of firework resembling a waterfall in effect.
- Chemistry. a series of vessels, from each of which a fluid successively overflows to the next, thus presenting a large absorbing surface, as to a gas.
- Electricity. an arrangement of component devices, as electrolytic cells, each of which feeds into the next in succession.
- Biochemistry. a series of reactions catalyzed by enzymes that are activated sequentially by successive products of the reactions, resulting in an amplification of the initial response.
verb (used without object)
- to fall in or like a cascade.
verb (used with object)
- to cause to fall in a cascade.
- Electricity. to arrange (components) in a cascade.
cascade
/ 办忙蝉藞办别瑟诲 /
noun
- a waterfall or series of waterfalls over rocks
- something resembling this, such as folds of lace
- a consecutive sequence of chemical or physical processes
- ( as modifier )
cascade liquefaction
- a series of stages in the processing chain of an electrical signal where each operates the next in turn
- ( as modifier )
a cascade amplifier
- the cumulative process responsible for the formation of an electrical discharge, cosmic-ray shower, or Geiger counter avalanche in a gas
- the sequence of spontaneous decays by an excited atom or ion
verb
- intr to flow or fall in or like a cascade
cascade
- A series of chemical or physiological processes that occur in successive stages, each of which is dependent on the preceding one, to produce a culminating effect. The steps involved in the clotting of blood occur as a cascade.
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 肠补蝉路肠补诲顎侥谤 noun
- 耻苍顎卌补蝉路肠补诲顎侥诲 adjective
- 耻苍顎卌补蝉路肠补诲顎僫苍驳 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of cascade1
Example Sentences
The sound of rushing water echoed from the walls as an ankle-deep stream flowed from the portal and cascaded into a churning pool beneath metal gates.
Taking a journey through icy waters and cascading waterfalls, the London Philharmonic present a quartet of pieces, including Debussy's La Mer and Sibelius's Oceanides - with an aquatic theme.
The cascading amber-encapsulated ceramic bones, together with found objects and ephemera from MacArthur Park, serve as a gesture to the green space鈥檚 deep history of organizing and presence for the Central American diaspora.
Without the thousands of dedicated experts who keep the massive records system running, O'Malley believes a sequence of 鈥渃ascading events鈥 could wreck the whole program.
A torrent of water cascaded through the streets of the village, in hills close to the River Po.
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