Cascade
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A cascade is a term for a waterfall, or series of waterfalls, and is applied abstractly to many different concepts involving a series of steps or effects that follow one after the other. A cascade may be:
A process:
- Ablation cascade, a possible catastrophic orbital event
- Biochemical cascade, a consecutive series of chemical reactions
- Complement cascade, a biochemical cascade in the immune system
- MAPK cascade, a process in the action of cancer genes
- Cascade reaction, a consecutive series of chemical reactions within a molecule
- Cascade (chemical engineering), a consecutive series of processes for the separation or purification of chemicals
- Cascade (juggling) and reverse cascade, patterns for juggling objects
- Cascading failure, a consecutive series of failures in a system of interconnected parts
- Cascading Style Sheets, a language used to describe the presentation of a document written in a markup language
- Electron cascade, a process in physics
- Event cascade, a problem in event-driven computer programming
- Informational cascade, an economic theory
A device:
- Cascade converter, a type of motor-generator
- Cascader, a type of computer compiler
A place:
- Cities:
- Cascade, Seychelles, a district in the Republic of Seychelles
- Cascade County, Montana, United States
- Cascade Highway, in Washington and Oregon in the United States
- Cascade Lakes, a collection of lakes in Oregon
- Cascade Mountain (Alberta) in Canada
- Cascade Mountain (New York) in United States
- Cascade National Park, a national park in New South Wales, Australia
- Cascade Pass, a mountain pass in Oregon
- Cascade Range, a mountain range on the west coast of North America
- Cascade Tunnel, a railroad tunnel near Everett, Washington
- Shasta Cascade, a region of Northern California
An organization:
- Boise Cascade, an American pulp and paper company
- Cascade Brewery, a brewer in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
- Cascade College, a private college in Portland, Oregon
- Cascade Communications, a manufacturer of communications equipment
- Cascade Limited, a subsidiary of Pacific Century Cyberworks (PCCW), a Hong Kong telecommunications company
- Cascade Conference, a sports conference in the western United States
Cascade may also refer to:
- The Seibel 13053 grape
- A brand name of dishwasher detergent, made by Procter & Gamble
- USS Cascade, a United States Navy destroyer tender
- Kemble's Cascade, a pattern of stars
- The original name for the musician Cascada
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