resequencing

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noun

Arrangement in a new sequence; reordering.

OriginEnglish sequencing ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →
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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of resequence

    For those involved in the programme, the improvements meant a huge resequencing exercise, effectively turning the build into two separate projects.

    2024 January 24, Peter Plisner, “Rising to the University challenge”, in RAIL, number 1001, page 61
nounresequencing (countable and uncountable, plural resequencings)

plural resequencings

  1. countableuncountableArrangement in a new sequence; reordering.
  2. countableuncountablebiologyThe sequencing of part of an individual's genome in order to detect sequence differences between the individual and the standard genome of the species.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishsequencing
  7. Englishresequencing

From re- + sequencing.

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Cite this entry
APA

resequencing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resequencing

MLA

“resequencing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resequencing. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “resequencing,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resequencing.

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