(n) a succession of stages or operations or processes or units, Example: progressing in severity as though a cascade of genetic damage was occurring; separation of isotopes by a cascade of processes
(n) shrub with white woolly branches and woolly leaves having fragrant flowers forming long sprays; flowers suitable for drying; sometimes placed in genus Helichrysum, Syn.Ozothamnus secundiflorus, Helichrysum secundiflorum
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
‖n. [ Sp. or It., fr. L. casa cabin. ] A house or mansion. [ Sp. Amer. & Phil. Islands ]
I saw that Enriquez had made no attempt to modernize the old casa, and that even the garden was left in its lawless native luxuriance. Bret Harte. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ Sp. cascabel a little bell, also (fr. the shape), a knob at the breech end of a cannon. ] The projection in rear of the breech of a cannon, usually a knob or breeching loop connected with the gun by a neck. In old writers it included all in rear of the base ring. [ See Illust. of Cannon. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
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. Longjellow. [ 1913 Webster ]
Now murm'ring soft, now roaring in cascade. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]
. (Physics) A method of attaining successively lower temperatures by utilizing the cooling effect of the expansion of one gas in condensing another less easily liquefiable, and so on. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
. (Elec.) A system or method of connecting and operating two induction motors so that the primary circuit of one is connected to the secondary circuit of the other, the primary circuit of the latter being connected to the source of supply; also, a system of electric traction in which motors so connected are employed. The cascade system is also called tandem system, or concatenated system; the connection a cascade connection, tandem connection, or concatenated connection, or a concatenation; and the control of the motors so obtained a tandem control, or concatenation control. In the cascade system of traction the cascade connection is used for starting and for low speeds up to half speed. For full speed the short-circuited motor is cut loose from the other motor and is either left idle or (commonly) connected direct to the line. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
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