cascade

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Once generated, retinoic acid activates a receptor inside the cell nucleus, launching a signaling cascade that changes gene activity.

From Science Daily

Fit, stylish, with long, cascading hair, their faces smooth, their teeth white, their makeup modern and flawless.

From The Wall Street Journal

His design included waves of metal cascading down the sides of an asymmetrical building, described by some as sheets of toilet paper descending from the sky into a canyon.

From The Wall Street Journal

This approach relies on cascaded second-harmonic generation within nonlinear crystals, producing UV-C pulses that last only femtoseconds, less than 1 trillionth of a second.

From Science Daily

Then the CME raised margins five times in nine days — and the cascade of forced liquidation was spectacular, sending silver tumbling nearly 30%.

From MarketWatch