cascade
English
/kæsˈkeɪd/
noun
Definitions
- A waterfall or series of small waterfalls.
- (figuratively) A stream or sequence of a thing or things occurring as if falling like a cascade.
- 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
- (juggling) A pattern typically performed with an odd number of props, where each prop is caught by the opposite hand.
- (Internet) 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).
- A hairpiece for women consisting of curled locks or a bun attached to a firm base, used to create the illusion of fuller hair.
- (chemistry) A series of reactions in which the product of one becomes a reactant in the next
Etymology
Derived from French cascade derived from Italian cascata (cascade, waterfall) root from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂d- (fall).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ḱh₂d-
Gloss
fall
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Cascadia English
- Cascadian English
- accidence English
- accidentally English
- cascadable English
- cascadic English
- casualty English
- fail English
- failcascade English
- incident English
- occiduous English
- photocascade English
- recidivate English
- recidivism English
- recidivistic English
- recidivous English
- subcascade English
- accidēns Latin
- cadaver Latin
- cadere Latin
- cadāver Latin
- cadō Latin
- casus Latin
- cāsus Latin
- cāsuālis Latin
- decadens Latin
- decadentia Latin
- decido Latin
- dēciduus Latin
- dēcidō, decidere Latin
- excido Latin
- incidens Latin
- occasionem Latin
- occidens Latin
- occidentalis Latin
- occidentem Latin
- recidivus Latin
- recido Latin
- Kaskade German
- cascare Italian
- cascata Italian
- cascade Dutch, Flemish
- cascade French
- cascader French
- cascadeur French
- coïncider French
- récidiviste French
- cascada Spanish, Castilian
- *ḱad- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱh₂d- Proto-Indo-European
- cascata Portuguese
- kaskade Danish
- *kadō Proto-Italic
- kaskad Mauritian Creole
- kaskad Seychellois Creole