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Verb
/kasˈkād/,
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cascades, plural;
  1. (of water) Pour downward rapidly and in large quantities
    • - water was cascading down the stairs
  2. Fall or hang in copious or luxuriant quantities
    • - blonde hair cascaded down her back
  3. Arrange (a number of devices or objects) in a series or sequence

Noun
  1. A small waterfall, typically one of several that fall in stages down a steep rocky slope

  2. A mass of something that falls or hangs in copious or luxuriant quantities
    • - a cascade of pink bougainvillea
  3. A large number or amount of something occurring or arriving in rapid succession
    • - a cascade of antiwar literature
  4. A process whereby something, typically information or knowledge, is successively passed on
    • - the greater the number of people who are well briefed, the wider the cascade effect
  5. A succession of devices or stages in a process, each of which triggers or initiates the next

  1. a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls
  2. rush down in big quantities, like a cascade
  3. arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible
  4. 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"
  5. shower: 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"
  6. (cascades) a mountain range in the northwestern United States extending through Washington and Oregon and northern California; a part of the Coast Range
  7. Cascade is a Japanese Visual Kei band, though they have a very casual style. The band formed in 1993 and disbanded in August 2002, Retrieved Aug 28, 2007 but years later, the band released a new album in 2009 called VIVO. Samurai Man was their first full album. ...
  8. Cascade Brewery is the oldest brewery in Australia. It is based in South Hobart, Tasmania. The brewery was founded beside the clean water of the Hobart Rivulet in 1824 by Peter Degraves, an entrepreneur who emigrated from England. It is now owned by Foster's Group. ...
  9. In chemical engineering, a cascade is a plant consisting of several similar stages with each processing the output from the previous stage. Cascades are most commonly used in isotope separation, distillation and other separation or purification processes.
  10. Cascade is a sports manufacturer based in Liverpool, New York. It manufacturers both youth and men's lacrosse helmets, and women's lacrosse/field hockey eyewear. The company was founded by Bill Brine (part of the Brine family that founded Brine, Corp.) in 1986. ...
  11. The Cascade virus was a resident computer virus written in assembler, that was widespread in the 1980s and early 1990s. It infected COM files and had the effect of making text on the screen fall down and form a heap in the bottom of the screen. ...
  12. In juggling, a cascade is the simplest pattern achievable with an odd number of props. The simplest cascade is the three-ball cascade. This is therefore the first pattern that most jugglers learn.
  13. A waterfall or series of small waterfalls; A stream or sequence of a thing or things occurring as if falling like a cascade; A pattern typically performed with an odd number of props, where each prop is caught by the opposite hand; A sequence of absurd short messages posted to a newsgroup by ...
  14. (Cascades) Side panels, usually pleated, which flank swags.  They can be long or short.
  15. (Cascades (of lace)) Many rows of gathered lace.
  16. (Cascades) Intel Coppermine for Slot-2 (large on-Die L2 cache) [Slot 2]
  17. (Cascades) Side treatments to valances and/or cornices that is separate pair of end treatments with returns that fall in folds creating a zig-zag effect, left and right framing the window, usually lined with contrasting fabric or self-lined with same fabric as front. ...
  18. (Cascading) A consecutive sequence of processes connected in series.
  19. (Cascading) A method of interconnecting KVM switches by connecting a computer port of several other KVM switches.
  20. (Cascading) An uncontrolled successive loss of system elements triggered by an incident at any locale which typically results in widespread service interruptions and cannot be restrained from spreading ("cascading") beyond an area predetermined by appropriate studies
  21. (Cascading) For this category, one recommendation system refines the results given by another.
  22. (Cascading) How any element is displayed if there are multiple style rules that could be applied to it.
  23. (Cascading) If you delete master records then automatically detail records will be automatically deleted from the database.
  24. (Cascading) The continuing flow of the quality message down to, not through, the next level of supervision until it reaches all workers. Also see “deployment.”
  25. (Cascading) The process of providing a conference involving more than one MCU, so that information must pass not only between VTU and MCU, but also from one MCU to another.