cascade

Meaning

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

cascade

waterfall

cataract

fall

fountain

spring

falls

rapids

concatenation

cascade down

shower

series

concatenate

watercouse

stream

mountain-torrent

linn

flood

overflow

chute

cascade connection

connection in series

in-line

install in series

series arrangement

series connection

tandem compound

tandem connection

blade cascade

blade lattice

bars

cubicle

gate

grating

grill

ledge

mesh

gridiron

class

degree

grade

level

stage

step

ladder

stagewise

staircase

Townsend avalanche

Townsend ionization

avalanche

avalanche effect

cumulative ionization

snow avalanche

snow slide

snow slip

snowslide

inundation

torrent

running water

interlace

cloud

grass

eruct

geyser

gush

batch

battery

block

chapter

division

nest

nexus

pack

run

set

streak

string

succession

suite

process

catenate

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kæsˈkeɪd/

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

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