Definition of cascade Cascade
/kæskejˈd/ - [katskeyd] - cas•cade
We found 21 definitions of cascade from 8 different sources.
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What does cascade mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: cascades |
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| cascade - a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls | ||
| waterfall, falls a steep descent of the water of a river | ||
| cascade - a succession of stages or operations or processes or units; "progressing in severity as though a cascade of genetic damage was occurring"; "separation of isotopes by a cascade of processes" | ||
| cascade - a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower; "a little shower of rose petals"; "a sudden cascade of sparks" | ||
| shower | ||
| descent the act of changing your location in a downward direction | ||
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| cascade - arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible | ||
| arrange, set up arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times" | ||
| computer science, computing the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures | ||
| cascade - rush down in big quantities, like a cascade | ||
| cascade down | ||
| descend, come down, go down, fall move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- cascade (Noun)
A waterfall or series of small waterfalls. - cascade (Noun)
A stream or sequence of a thing or things occurring as if falling like a cascade. - cascade (Noun)
A series of electrical or other types of components, the output of any one being connected to the input of the next; See also daisy chain . - cascade (Noun)
A pattern typically performed with an odd number of props, where each prop is caught by the opposite hand. - cascade (Noun)
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. - cascade (Verb)
To fall as a waterfall or series of small waterfalls. - cascade (Verb)
To arrange in a stepped series like a waterfall. - cascade (Verb)
To occur as a causal sequence.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- cascade (n.)
A fall of water over a precipice, as in a river or brook; a waterfall less than a cataract. - cascade (v. i.)
To fall in a cascade. - cascade (v. i.)
To vomit.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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cascade
kas-kād′, n. a waterfall: a trimming of lace or other material in a loose wavy fall.—v.i. to fall in cascades. [Fr.,—It.—L. cadĕre, to fall.]
Electrical DictionaryThe Standard Electrical Dictionary 💡
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cascade
The arrangement of Leyden jars in series on insulating supports, as described below.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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cascade
A fall of water from a considerable height, rather by successive stages than in a single mass, as with a cataract.
Wikipedia 
- A cascade is a small splashing waterfall that tumbles down a mountainside in a siries of steps.
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