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cas·cade
(kăs-kād′)n.
1. A waterfall or a series of small waterfalls over steep rocks.
2. Something, such as lace, thought to resemble a waterfall or series of small waterfalls, especially an arrangement or fall of material.
3. A heavy, uncontrolled outpouring: a cascade of abusive comments.
4.
a. A succession of stages, processes, operations, or units.
b. Electronics A series of components or networks, the output of each of which serves as the input for the next.
c. A chemical or physiological process that occurs in successive stages, each of which is dependent on the preceding one, and often producing a cumulative effect: an enzymatic cascade.
v. cas·cad·ed, cas·cad·ing, cas·cades
v.intr.
1. To fall in or as if in a cascade: "Morning glory vines ... cascaded over old-fashioned bamboo lattices" (Mary Yukari Waters).
2. To occur in a sequence or successive stages: circumstances that cascaded into a crisis.
v.tr.
1. To cause to fall in or as if in a cascade: cascaded the ingredients into the bowl.
2. To cause to occur in a sequence or successive stages: wholesale price reductions that are cascaded down to the consumer.
[French, from Italian cascata, from cascare, to fall, from Vulgar Latin *casicāre, from Latin cadere; see kad- in Indo-European roots.]
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cascade
(kæsˈkeɪd)n
1. (Physical Geography) a waterfall or series of waterfalls over rocks
2. something resembling this, such as folds of lace
3. (General Physics)
a. a consecutive sequence of chemical or physical processes
b. (as modifier): cascade liquefaction.
4. (Electrical Engineering)
a. a series of stages in the processing chain of an electrical signal where each operates the next in turn
b. (as modifier): a cascade amplifier.
5. (General Physics) the cumulative process responsible for the formation of an electrical discharge, cosmic-ray shower, or Geiger counter avalanche in a gas
6. (General Physics) the sequence of spontaneous decays by an excited atom or ion
vb
(intr) to flow or fall in or like a cascade
[C17: from French, from Italian cascata, from cascare to fall, ultimately from Latin cadere to fall]
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cas•cade
(kæsˈkeɪd)n., v. -cad•ed, -cad•ing. n.
1. a waterfall descending over a steep, rocky surface.
2. a series of shallow or steplike waterfalls, either natural or artificial.
3. anything that resembles a waterfall, esp. in seeming to flow or fall in abundance; torrent.
4. an arrangement of a lightweight fabric in folds falling one over another.
5. an arrangement of component devices, as electrolytic cells, each of which feeds into the next in succession.
6. 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.
v.i., v.t. 7. to fall or cause to fall in or like a cascade.
[1635–45; < French < Italian cascata, derivative of casc(are) to fall < Vulgar Latin]
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Cascade
something suggestive of a fall of water. See also cataract, spray.Examples: cascade of fireworks; of hair; of ice, 1860; of jewels; of lace, 1882; of molecules, 1878; of rockets; of stones, 1687; of volcanic ash, 1869.
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cascade
Past participle: cascaded
Gerund: cascading
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| Noun | 1. |  cascade - a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls |
| 2. | cascade - a succession of stages or operations or processes or units; "progressing in severity as though a cascade of genetic damage was occurring"; "separation of isotopes by a cascade of processes" succession - a group of people or things arranged or following in order; "a succession of stalls offering soft drinks"; "a succession of failures" | |
| 3. | cascade - a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower; "a little shower of rose petals"; "a sudden cascade of sparks" descent - a movement downward | |
| Verb | 1. | cascade - rush down in big quantities, like a cascade |
| 2. | cascade - arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures |
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cascade
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Translations
شلاّل، مَسْقَط مائييَتَساقَطُ كالشَّلاّل
padatvalit sevodopád
kaskadestrømvandfaldfosse ned
kaskadiköngässarjatapahtumasarja
kaskadavodopad
vízesés
fossfossa, hrynja
kaskadakrioklyskristilietis
kaskādekristlietiesūdenskritums
prepadať sa
çağlayançağlayan gibi akmak / dökülmekşelâle
cascade
[kæsˈkeɪd]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
cascade
[kæsˈkeɪd]Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
cascade
n → Kaskade f; (fig, of lace etc) → (Spitzen)besatz m; (of sparks) → Regen m; a cascade of green sparks → ein grüner Funkenregen
vi (also cascade down) (→ auf +acc) → (in Kaskaden) herabfallen; (sparks) → herabsprühen, herabregnen; (hair) → wallend herabfallen
vt (Comput) windows → überlappend anordnen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
cascade
[kæsˈkeɪd]1. n → cascata
2. vi → scendere a cascata
her hair cascaded over her shoulders → i capelli le ricadevano sulle spalle
her hair cascaded over her shoulders → i capelli le ricadevano sulle spalle
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
cascade
(kӕsˈkeid) noun a waterfall. a magnificent cascade.
verb to fall in or like a waterfall. Water cascaded over the rock; Dishes cascaded off the table.
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