cascade

cascade
I. noun Etymology: French, from Italian cascata, from cascare to fall, from Vulgar Latin *casicare, from Latin casus fall Date: 1641 1. a steep usually small fall of water; especially one of a series 2. a. something arranged or occurring in a series or in a succession of stages so that each stage derives from or acts upon the product of the preceding <
blood clotting involves a biochemical cascade
> b. a fall of material (as lace) that hangs in a zigzag line 3. something falling or rushing forth in quantity <
a cascade of sound
> <
a cascade of events
> II. verb (cascaded; cascading) Date: 1702 intransitive verb to fall, pour, or rush in or as if in a cascade transitive verb 1. to cause to fall like a cascade 2. to connect in a cascade arrangement

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  • cascade — [ kaskad ] n. f. • 1640; it. cascata, de cascare « tomber » 1 ♦ Chute d eau; succession de chutes d eau. ⇒ 1. cataracte, chute; cascatelle. Cascade naturelle. Cascade artificielle, en gradins. 2 ♦ Fig. Ce qui se produit par saccades, par… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

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  • cascade — CASCADE. s. f. Chute d eau, soit que l eau tombe naturellement du haut d un rocher ou d une montagne, soit que la chute en ait été pratiquée par artifice. Une cascade naturelle. La rivière fait une cascade en cet endroit. La cascade de Tivoli.… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

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  • Cascade, WA — Cascade Fairwood, WA U.S. Census Designated Place in Washington Population (2000): 34580 Housing Units (2000): 13456 Land area (2000): 8.869959 sq. miles (22.973088 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000024 sq. miles (0.000062 sq. km) Total area (2000) …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Cascade — Cas*cade (k[a^]s*k[=a]d ), n. [F. cascade, fr. It. cascata, fr. cascare to fall.] A fall of water over a precipice, as in a river or brook; a waterfall less than a cataract. [1913 Webster] The silver brook . . . pours the white cascade.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Cascade, IA — U.S. city in Iowa Population (2000): 1958 Housing Units (2000): 820 Land area (2000): 1.131037 sq. miles (2.929371 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.131037 sq. miles (2.929371 sq. km) FIPS code:… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Cascade, ID — U.S. city in Idaho Population (2000): 997 Housing Units (2000): 562 Land area (2000): 3.614463 sq. miles (9.361415 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.587689 sq. miles (1.522107 sq. km) Total area (2000): 4.202152 sq. miles (10.883522 sq. km) FIPS code …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

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