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CONSECUTIVE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
One after the other
Example:
back-to-back home runs
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
succeeding (coming after or following)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Successive (without a break)
Example:
sick for five straight days
Synonyms:
consecutive; straight
Classified under:
Similar:
continuous; uninterrupted (continuing in time or space without interruption)
Sense 3
Meaning:
In regular succession without gaps
Example:
serial concerts
Synonyms:
consecutive; sequent; sequential; serial; successive
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
ordered (having a systematic arrangement; especially having elements succeeding in order according to rule)
II. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a consecutive manner
Example:
we numbered the papers consecutively
Synonyms:
consecutive; sequentially
Classified under:
Pertainym:
consecutive (in regular succession without gaps)
Context examples:
A disorder characterized by an electrocardiographic finding of three or more consecutive complexes of ventricular origin that was not present at birth in an individual under age 21.
(Pediatric Non-congenital Ventricular Tachycardia, NCI Thesaurus)
I was compelled to wear the same ruffles upon two consecutive days.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Use of two or more simultaneous or consecutive treatment modalities; e.g., surgery + radiation, or radiation + immunotherapy.
(Multimodality therapy, NCI Thesaurus)
A data type comprised of a set of consecutive low values of an ordered point in time date datatype.
(Low Interval Point in Time Date Data Type, NCI Thesaurus)
A data type comprised of a set of consecutive low values of an ordered base data type.
(Low Interval Data Type, NCI Thesaurus)
A data type comprised of a set of consecutive low valued integers of an ordered base data type.
(Low Interval Integer Data Type, NCI Thesaurus)
An electrocardiographic finding of three or more consecutive complexes of ventricular origin.
(Ectopic Ventricular Rhythm by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
A data type comprised of a set of consecutive high values of an ordered base data type.
(High Interval Data Type, NCI Thesaurus)
After three consecutive years of record-high temperatures for the globe, Earth was a slightly cooler planet in 2017. But not by much.
(2017 was 3rd warmest year on record for the globe, NOAA)
An electrocardiographic finding of a sinus beat followed by a premature atrial complexes for three or more consecutive cycles; a regularly irregular rhythm of normal and abnormal P waves in a 1-1 ratio.
(Atrial Bigeminy by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
