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: Hopetoun Falls near Otway National Park, Victoria, Australia A waterfall is usually a geological formation resulting from water, often in the form of a stream flowing over an erosion-resistant rock formation that forms a sudden break in elevation. ...

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
  • Quantum cascade laser
• Event cascade, a problem in event-driven computer programming
• Informational cascade, an economic theory

A device: Ablation cascade is a term used for a possible catastrophic orbital event. ... A Biochemical Cascade is a series of chemical reactions in which the products of one reaction are consumed in the next reaction. ... The complement system is a complex biochemical cascade of the immune system, leading to cytolysis, chemotaxis, opsonization and inflammation, it can mark pathogens for phagocytosis. ... The mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling cascade is involved in the action of most nonnuclear oncogenes. ... A cascade reaction or tandem reaction or domino reaction is a consecutive series of intramolecular organic reactions which often proceed via highly reactive intermediates. ... In chemical engineering, a cascade is a plant consisting of several similar stages with each processing the output from the previous stage. ... An illustration of the 3_ball cascade. ... The reverse cascade is a juggling pattern which is the reverse of the basic juggling cascade. ... A cascading failure is failure in a system of interconnected parts, where the service provided depends on the operation of a preceding part, and the failure of a preceding part can trigger the failure of successive parts. ... In computing, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a stylesheet language used to describe the presentation of a document written in a markup language. ... An electron avalanche is a process in which a number of free electrons in a medium (usually a gas) are subjected to a strong electric field accelerate, ionizing the mediums atoms by collision (creating positive ions), forming new electrons to undergo the same process in successive cycles. ... The quantum cascade laser or QC laser is a unipolar laser which uses electrons as its only charge carrier. ... In event-driven computer programs, an event cascade occurs when an event handler causes another event to occur which also triggers an event handler. ... Informational cascade is an economic theory of rational herding based on limited information by agents. ...

• Cascade converter, a type of motor-generator
• Cascader, a type of computer compiler

A place: A Cascade Converter is a type of motor-generator which was patented in 1902 by J. L. la Cour and O. S. Bragstad. ... In computing a cascader is a type of compiler in which the target language is not directly machine executable, but needs further processing, normally by a second compiler. ...

• Cities:
  • Cascade, Idaho
  • Cascade, Iowa
  • Cascade, Montana
  • Cascade, Seattle, Washington
  • Cascade, Wisconsin
  • Cascade Locks, Oregon
• 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: Cascade is a city located in Valley County, Idaho. ... Cascades Baseball Field at Sunset Cascade is a city located in Dubuque County, Iowa. ... Cascade is a town located in Cascade County, Montana. ... Cascade is a small neighborhood abutting Downtown Seattle. ... Cascade is a village located in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. ... Cascade Locks is a city located in Hood River County, Oregon. ... Location of Cascade District on Mahé Island, Seychelles Cascade is an administrative district of Seychelles located on the island of Mahé. Categories: | ... Cascade County is a county located in the state of Montana. ... The term Cascade Highway refers to several different routes in the western United States. ... The Cascade Lakes are a collection of lakes in central Oregon in the United States of America. ... Cascade Mountain as seen from Canmore Cascade Mountain is a mountain located in the Bow River Valley of Banff National Park. ... Cascade Mountain is in Essex County of New York. ... Cascade is a national park in New South Wales (Australia), 431 km northeast of Sydney. ... Categories: Stub | United States Highway system | U.S. highways in Washington | U.S. highways in North Dakota ... Mount Adams in Washington The Cascade Range is a mountainous region famous for its chain of tall volcanoes called the High Cascades that run north-south along the west coast of North America from British Columbia to the Shasta Cascade area of northern California. ... The Cascade Tunnel is a 7. ... The Shasta Cascade region of California is located in the northeastern and north-central sections of the state bordering Oregon and Nevada, north of the Central Valley and the Sierra Nevada mountain range. ...

• 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: Boise Cascade LLC, which uses the trade name Boise, is an American pulp and paper company, ranked as the thirteenth biggest pulp and paper company in the world. ... The Cascade Brewery, with Mount Wellington in the background Cascade Brewery is the oldest brewery in Australia. ... Cascade College Cascade College is a private four-year college located in Portland, Oregon affiliated with the Church of Christ. ... Cascade Communications was a Westford, Massachusetts based manufacturer of communications equipment. ... PCCW logo PCCW Limited (PCCW, 電訊盈科) is the largest telecommunication enterprise in Hong Kong. ... The Cascade Conference or Cascade Collegiate Conference is a sports conference in the western United States. ...

• 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

Seibel grapes are a group of wine grape varieties which originated with the work of Albert Seibel. ... It has been suggested that Global Gillette be merged into this article or section. ... The History of the USS CASCADE (from the ships Christmas 1945 menu) “A destroyer tender is a “mother hen” for a vast brood of destroyers, and is a “mother hen” especially equipped and provided with ships capable of undertaking and completing repairs and overhaul of practically all the equipment... Kembles Cascade Kembles Cascade, located in the constellation Camelopardalis, is an asterism - a pattern created by unrelated stars. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

See also

• Cascades (disambiguation)