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ALL meanings of cascaded

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  • noun cascaded a waterfall descending over a steep, rocky surface. 1
  • noun cascaded a series of shallow or steplike waterfalls, either natural or artificial. 1
  • noun cascaded anything that resembles a waterfall, especially in seeming to flow or fall in abundance: a cascade of roses covering the wall. 1
  • noun cascaded (in a drain or sewer) a chain of steps for dissipating the momentum of falling water in a steep place in order to maintain a steady rate of flow. 1
  • noun cascaded an arrangement of a lightweight fabric in folds falling one over another in random or zigzag fashion. 1
  • noun cascaded a type of firework resembling a waterfall in effect. 1
  • noun cascaded Chemistry. a series of vessels, from each of which a fluid successively overflows to the next, thus presenting a large absorbing surface, as to a gas. 1
  • noun cascaded Electricity. an arrangement of component devices, as electrolytic cells, each of which feeds into the next in succession. 1
  • noun cascaded Biochemistry. a series of reactions catalyzed by enzymes that are activated sequentially by successive products of the reactions, resulting in an amplification of the initial response. 1
  • verb without object cascaded to fall in or like a cascade. 1
  • verb with object cascaded to cause to fall in a cascade. 1
  • verb with object cascaded Electricity. to arrange (components) in a cascade. 1
  • noun cascaded Simple past tense and past participle of cascade. 1
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