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Meaning of cascade

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  cascade
      n 1: a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls
      2: 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"
      3: 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" [syn: {shower}, {cascade}]
      v 1: rush down in big quantities, like a cascade [syn:
           {cascade}, {cascade down}]
      2: arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they
         overlap each other, with the title bars visible

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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