Resequencing

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. The action of modifying the arrangement of a series or list to create a new order occurs through relabeling components and adjusting their placement
2. This involves reordering items systematically to produce an alternative sequence by readjusting the organization of specific elements
3. The process of changing the order of items within a sequence to form a different arrangement

Etymology: "Resequencing" is a plain modern formation: the prefix "re-", meaning "again" or "anew", attached to "sequencing", which itself comes from "sequence". The prefix traces back through Latin "re-" to an ancient root shared across Italic languages, carrying the sense of backward or again. "Sequence" comes from Latin "sequentia", from "sequi", "to follow", so the core idea is one thing coming after another. The result is a verb meaning to arrange items into a new order, which is why it is most often used of lists, data, files, or steps in a process. The word is built entirely from parts that were already in English, so it needed no special history of its own; its meaning comes straight from combining "again" with "order of following."

Synonyms: rearranging, reordering

Antonyms: disorganizing