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cascade

3 entries found.


Main Entry:
1cas·cade 
          Listen to the pronunciation of 1cascade
Pronunciation:
\(ˌ)kas-ˈkād\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
French, from Italian cascata, from cascare to fall, from Vulgar Latin *casicare, from Latin casus fall
Date:
1641
1: a steep usually small fall of water ; especially : one of a series2 a: something arranged or occurring in a series or in a succession of stages so that each stage derives from or acts upon the product of the preceding <blood clotting involves a biochemical cascade> b: a fall of material (as lace) that hangs in a zigzag line3: something falling or rushing forth in quantity <a cascade of sound> <a cascade of events>


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