sequencing

American

[see-kwuhn-sing] / ˈsi kwən sɪŋ /

noun

the interruption of a career by a woman to bear and care for children until they reach an age that allows her to resume work.

sequencing British

/ ˈsiːkwənsɪŋ /

noun

the procedure of determining the order of amino acids in the polypeptide chain of a protein ( protein sequencing ) or of nucleotides in a DNA section comprising a gene ( gene sequencing )
Also called: priority sequencing. commerce specifying the order in which jobs are to be processed, based on the allocation of priorities

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Those can take the form of intentional pauses to assess workflow and sequencing work to reduce AI fragmentation.

From MarketWatch

And Mr. Neville gives us a sense—not only through the audio but also in the fragmented imagery and abbreviated sequencing—of a superstar at loose ends.

From The Wall Street Journal

"The massive sequencing effort and layering of sequence and structural methods enabled us to see patterns that were not visible prior to this genomic expansion."

From Science Daily

The study relied on long-molecule DNA sequencing, a technique that makes it possible to separate and identify different transcripts produced by a single gene.

From Science Daily

By sequencing the DNA and using other laboratory techniques that "weren't possible even five years ago", they hope to pinpoint what is driving modern-day cases.

From Barron's

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