 5 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
sequel
noun
1: something that follows something else [syn: {subsequence}]
2: a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it
[syn: {continuation}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sequel \Se"quel\ (s[=e]"kw[e^]l), noun [L. sequela, fr. sequit to
follow: cf. F. s['e]quelle a following. See {Sue} to follow.]
1. That which follows; a succeeding part; continuation; as,
the sequel of a man's advantures or history.
O, let me say no more!
Gather the sequel by that went before. --Shak.
2. Consequence; event; effect; result; as, let the sun cease,
fail, or swerve, and the sequel would be ruin.
3. Conclusion; inference. [R.] --Whitgift.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
68 Moby Thesaurus words for "sequel":
aftereffect, aftermath, alternation, by-product, chain, chasing,
close, closing, conclusion, consecution, consequence, consequent,
continuation, corollary, derivation, derivative, descendant,
development, distillate, dogging, dynasty, effect, end, ending,
event, eventuality, eventuation, finish, finishing, follow-up,
following, fruit, harvest, heeling, heir, hounding, issue, legacy,
line, lineage, logical outcome, offshoot, offspring, order,
outcome, outgrowth, posterity, precipitate, product, progression,
pursual, pursuance, pursuit, result, resultant, row, sequela,
sequence, sequent, series, shadowing, successor, supplement,
tailing, termination, trailing, train, upshot
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
Sequel
1. Precursor to SQL.
["System R: Relational Approach to Database Management", IBM
Res Lab, San Jose, reprinted in Readings in Database Systems].
2. U Leeds. Theorem prover specification language. Pattern
matching notation similar to Prolog. Compiled into Lisp.
[Proc ICJAI 13].
{(ftp://agora.leeds.ac.uk/scs/logic/)}.
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
SEQUEL
Structured English QUEry Language (IBM, DB, SQL, predecessor)
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