Resequence

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To change the order of items or events by arranging them again
2. To alter the sequence of elements by reordering them
3. To modify the original arrangement by placing parts in a different order

Etymology: "Resequence" is a plain compound: the prefix "re-", meaning "again" or "back to a previous state," attached to "sequence," which comes from Latin "sequentia," a following or succession, from "sequi," to follow. Together they describe putting a set of items into order a second time, or changing an existing order so that the items follow one another differently. The verb is most at home in computing and manufacturing, where a list of instructions, records, or production steps is reordered without changing its contents. In that sense the "re-" does real work: the arrangement is not simply restored but deliberately redone, so the result can differ from what came before.

Synonyms: rearrange, reorder