A 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.

1702, from cascade (n.). In early 19c. slang, "to vomit." Related: Cascaded; cascading.

1640s, 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 [..]

shallow waterfall over rocks.

See cascade shower. (Obsolete.) The spray vortex at the base of a waterspout.

Plants that overgrow and form a waterfall effect down the side of a structure

From the Latin 'cascare', to fall, the word Cascade came into use for a small waterfall in a garden (either natural or artificial).

a 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.

A fall of water over rocks or steps, often accentuated with an arch.

A 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

a waterfall

1. 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).

n. 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 [..]

1. 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.

A 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 [..]

a Java servlet womb. It appears to have disappeared. EE JSP servlet Servlet womb

A command that arranges windows so that they are overlapped, with the active window in front.

(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 [..]

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).

A way of arranging open windows on the computer screen so that they overlap diagonally with each title bar showing.

A 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%.

a chemical process that occurs in successive stages, with each stage depending on the preceding stage, resulting in a cumulative effect or an end product

A foreign key attribute that automatically migrates the changes made to a referenced (i.e., primary key

Cooperative analysis of short, but critical, passages of text or graphics.

To 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.

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 [..]

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.