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cascadeA sequence of successive activation reactions involving enzymes (enzyme cascade) or hormones (hormone cascade) characterized by a series of amplifications of an initial stimulus. In blood coagulation, for example, each enzyme activates the next until the final product, the fibrin clot, is reached.
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cascade1702, from cascade (n.). In early 19c. slang, "to vomit." Related: Cascaded; cascading.
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cascade1640s, from French cascade (17c.), from Italian cascata "waterfall," from cascare "to fall," from Vulgar Latin *casicare, frequentative of Latin casum, casus, past participle of ca [..]
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cascadeshallow waterfall over rocks.
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cascadeSee cascade shower. (Obsolete.) The spray vortex at the base of a waterspout.
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cascadePlants that overgrow and form a waterfall effect down the side of a structure
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cascadeFrom the Latin 'cascare', to fall, the word Cascade came into use for a small waterfall in a garden (either natural or artificial).
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cascadea fall of water arranged in a succession of stages, either informally over a rock formation or more formally over a series of steps; a rustic arch often projects above the cascade, especially if the water emerges from a hillside.
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cascadeA fall of water over rocks or steps, often accentuated with an arch.
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cascadeA waterfall-like spill of blooms, often composed of ivy and long-stemmed flowers, that is wired to cascade gracefully over the bride's hands. Classic bouquet
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cascadea waterfall
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cascade1. A series of reply posts to a message on a bulletin board system. 2. An offset stack of (usually) active windows displayed on a computer screen. 3. A connected series of essentially identical electronic circuits (for example, as might be used in serial-parallel converters).
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cascaden. 1. A huge volume of spurious error-message output produced by a compiler with poor error recovery. This can happen when one initial error throws the parser out of synch so that much of the remainin [..]
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cascade1. A series of reply posts to a USENET message, each adding a trivial or nonsense theme to the corpus of previous replies. Some consider this art; there is a USENET newsgroup devoted to propagating this self-expressive form (alt.cascade). 2. A method of displaying several windows of information on a monitor. 3. See CSS.
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cascadeA method of connecting circuits together in series to make the output of one, the input of the next. This kind of end-to-end connectivity is useful in extending the distance of a network. A method [..]
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cascadea Java servlet womb. It appears to have disappeared. EE JSP servlet Servlet womb
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cascadeA command that arranges windows so that they are overlapped, with the active window in front.
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cascade(n) a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls(n) a succession of stages or operations or processes or units(n) a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower(v) rush down [..]
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cascadeA series of reply posts to a USENET message, each adding a trivial or nonsense theme to the corpus of previous replies. Some consider this art; there is a USENET newsgroup devoted to propagating this self-expressive form (alt.cascade).
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cascadeA way of arranging open windows on the computer screen so that they overlap diagonally with each title bar showing.
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cascadeA section of a stream with a highly turbulent series of short falls, small scour basins or plunge pools, and very rapid water movement. The gradient of the channel exceeds 8%.
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cascadea chemical process that occurs in successive stages, with each stage depending on the preceding stage, resulting in a cumulative effect or an end product
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cascadeA foreign key attribute that automatically migrates the changes made to a referenced (i.e., primary key
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cascadeCooperative analysis of short, but critical, passages of text or graphics.
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cascadeTo set and interconnect two mixers so that the stereo mixing buss(es) of the first mixer feeds the stereo buss(es) of a second mixer.
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cascade
A waterfall or series of small waterfalls.
* Cowper
*: Now murm'ring soft, now roaring in cascade.
* Longfellow
*: The silver brookpours the white cascade.
(figuratively) A stream or sequence [..]
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cascade
An administrative district in Seychelles
A city in Idaho.
A city in Iowa.
A town in Montana.
A town in Wisconsin.
A town/settlement in Jamaica.
A town in Western Australia.
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