cascade

Reikšmė (anglų kalba)

Noun

1. A waterfall or series of small waterfalls.
2. A stream or sequence of a thing or things occurring as if falling like a cascade.
3. A series of electrical (or other types of) components, the output of any one being connected to the input of the next.
4. A pattern typically performed with an odd number of props, where each prop is caught by the opposite hand.
5. A sequence of absurd short messages posted to a newsgroup by different authors, each one responding to the most recent message and quoting the entire sequence to that point (with ever-increasing indentation).
6. A hairpiece for women consisting of curled locks or a bun attached to a firm base, used to create the illusion of fuller hair.
7. A series of reactions in which the product of one becomes a reactant in the next

Verb

1. To fall as a waterfall or series of small waterfalls.
2. To arrange in a stepped series like a waterfall.
3. To occur as a causal sequence.
4. (slang) To vomit.

Tariama kaip (IPA)

/kæsˈkeɪd/

Etimologija (anglų kalba)

From French cascade, from Italian cascata, from cascare (“to fall”), from Vulgar Latin *cāsicāre, derived from Latin cadere, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂d-.