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cascade

cas·cade

UK/kɛsˈkæɪd/ US/kæsˈkeɪd/ uncommon archaic slang
verb (2) noun (3)

verb

1.

cause to break up or cease to function

  • “the principal disbanded the political student organization”
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2.

arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible

noun

1.

a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls

2.

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”
3.

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”
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Origin

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

Phrases

  • availability cascade
  • Cascade County
  • cascade everlasting
  • cascade method
  • cascade particle
  • cytokine cascade
  • reverse cascade
  • trophic cascade

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