subsequence

A subsequent act or thing; a sequel.

Noun

  1. A subsequent act or thing; a sequel.
  2. The state of being subsequent.
    • 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...

Origin

From subsequent.

Forms

subsequences

Synonyms

posteriority

Derived

subsubsequence

Noun mathematics, sciences

  1. A sequence that is contained within a larger one.
  2. A subset of an array with the same ordering.

Origin

From sub- + sequence.

Forms

subsequences

Related

substring