cascade of events

См. также в других словарях:

• cascade — I. noun Etymology: French, from Italian cascata, from cascare to fall, from Vulgar Latin *casicare, from Latin casus fall Date: 1641 1. a steep usually small fall of water; especially one of a series 2. a. something arranged or occurring in a… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• cascade — 1. A series of sequential interactions, as of a physiological process, which once initiated continues to the final one; each interaction is activated by the preceding one, sometimes with cumulative effect. 2. To spill over, especially rapidly.… …   Medical dictionary

• Cascade High School (Everett, Washington) — Cascade High School is a secondary school located in Everett, Washington, United States which caters to grades 9 12 and has an annual enrollment of approximately 1,933 students. Students attending Cascade High School live primarily within the… …   Wikipedia

• Cascade Bicycle Club — is a nonprofit organization based in Seattle, Washington, and as of June 2008, serves 10,000 members and the Puget Sound bicycling community. Cascade s vision is to Create a Better Community Through Bicycling. Cascade is operated by a volunteer… …   Wikipedia

• cascade effect — cascade effect, a series of events in which one causes or produces the next, often intensifying each other …   Useful english dictionary

• Cascade Volcanoes — Geobox|Range name=Cascade Volcanoes other name= image size=280 image caption=Mount Hood reflected in Trillium Lake country=United States country1=Canada region type = Provinces/States region= Oregon region1= Washington region2= California region3 …   Wikipedia

• Cascade Server — Infobox Software name = Cascade Server developer = Hannon Hill latest release version = Cascade Server 5.5.2 latest release date = release date|2008|08|29 platform = Microsoft SQL Server / MySQL / Oracle genre = CMS license =… …   Wikipedia

• Cascade failure — A cascade failure is a series of events on the internet in which network traffic is severely impaired or halted, to or between larger sections of the internet, caused by failing or disconnected hardware or software. Somewhat similar to the more… …   Wikipedia

• Cascade effect — A Cascade Effect is an unforeseen chain of events due to an act affecting a system. If there is a possibility that the cascade effect will have a negative impact on the system it is possible to analyse the effects with a consequence/impact… …   Wikipedia

• cascade — 1. noun /kæsˈkeɪd/ a) A waterfall or series of small waterfalls. Now murmring soft, now roaring in cascade. Cawper b) A stream or sequence of a thing or things occurring as if falling like a cascade. The rise in serotonin levels sets off a… …   Wiktionary

• Ischemic cascade — The ischemic (ischaemic) cascade is a series of biochemical reactions that take place in the brain and other aerobic tissues after seconds to minutes of ischemia (inadequate blood supply).cite web |url=http://www.emedicine.com/EMERG/topic558.htm… …   Wikipedia