Cascade

1 Places
2 Technology
3 Organizations
4 Music
5 Other
6 See also

A cascade is a waterfall or a series of waterfalls. A waterfall is usually a geological formation resulting from water often in the form of a Stream, flowing over an Erosion -resistant rock

Cascade may also refer to:

Places

North America

Cascade Range, a mountain range on the west coast of North America
Cascade Volcanoes, a grouping of volcanoes on the west coast of North America

Canada

Cascade Mountain (Alberta), a mountain located in the Bow River Valley of Banff National Park
Cascade, British Columbia, aka Cascade Falls, a ghost town

United States

Communities

Cascade, Colorado, an unincorporated town in El Paso County
- Cascade-Chipita Park, Colorado, a census-designated place
Cascade, Idaho, a city in Valley County
Cascade, Iowa, a city in Dubuque County and Jones County
Cascade, Montana, a town in Cascade County
Cascade, New Hampshire, a village within the town of Gorham and the city of Berlin
Cascade, Seattle, Washington, a small neighborhood abutting downtown Seattle
Cascade, Wisconsin, a village in Sheboygan County
Cascade-Fairwood, Washington, a census-designated place in King County
Cascade Locks, Oregon, a city in Hood River County
Cascade Township, Michigan, a charter township of Kent County
Cascade Township, Minnesota, in Olmsted County
Cascade Township, Pennsylvania, in Lycoming County
Cascade Valley, Washington, a census-designated place in Grant County

Other U. The Cascade Volcanoes (also known as the Cascade Volcanic Arc or the Cascade Arc) are a number of Volcanoes in a Volcanic arc in western Cascade Mountain is a Mountain located in the Bow River Valley of Banff National Park, adjacent to the town of Banff. Cascade City or Cascade was a Canadian Pacific Railway construction era boom town in the Boundary Country of the West Kootenay region of Cascade is an unincorporated town and US Post Office in El Paso County, Colorado, United States. Cascade-Chipita Park is a Census-designated place (CDP in El Paso County, Colorado, United States. Cascade is a rural city in and the County seat of Valley County, Idaho, United States, in the west central part of the state Cascade is a city in Dubuque County and Jones County Iowa, United States. Cascade is a town in Cascade County, Montana, United States. The population was 819 at the 2000 census. Cascade is a village within the town of Gorham and the city of Berlin New Hampshire. Cascade is a small neighborhood abutting Downtown Seattle, Washington USA it constitutes the eastern portion of what has come to be known as South Lake Union Cascade is a village in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, United States. Cascade-Fairwood is a Census-designated place (CDP in King County, Washington, United States. Cascade Locks is a city in Hood River County, Oregon, United States. Cascade Charter Township is a Charter township of Kent County in the U Cascade Township is a township in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, in the United States Cascade Valley is a Census-designated place (CDP in Grant County, Washington, United States. S. locations

Cascade Highway (Washington), a portion of U. In the US state of Washington, US Route 2 is the northernmost all-weather highway through the Cascade Mountains. S. Route 2 through the northern Cascades in Washington
Cascade Highway (Oregon), a portion of Oregon Route 213 running from Silverton to Stayton in Oregon
Cascade Lakes, a collection of lakes in Oregon
Cascade Mountain (New York), a mountain in Essex County of New York
Cascade Park, a Lorain County Metropark in Elyria, Ohio
Cascade Pass, a mountain pass in Washington
Cascade Tunnel, a railroad tunnel near Everett, Washington
Shasta Cascade, a region of northern California

Seychelles

Cascade, Seychelles, a district in the Republic of Seychelles

Australia

Cascade National Park, a national park in New South Wales

Wales, UK

Cascade, Rhymney Valley,

Technology

Ablation cascade, a possible catastrophic orbital event
Biochemical cascade, a consecutive series of chemical reactions
- Complement cascade or Complement system, 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
Electron cascade or Electron avalanche, a process in physics
- Quantum cascade laser, a unipolar semiconductor laser
Event cascade, a problem in event-driven computer programming
Informational cascade, an economic theory
Cascading failure, a failure in a system of interconnected parts
Cascade (chemical engineering), a series of chemical processes
Cascading rollback, multiple failure after a database rollback
Cascading Style Sheets specifying the appearance of web information
Fractional cascading, a data structuring technique for speeding up binary searches

Organizations

Boise Cascade, an American pulp and paper company
Cascade Bicycle Club, a non-profit organization and advocacy group, Seattle, Washington
Cascade Brewery, a brewer in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Cascade College, a private college in Portland, Oregon
Cascade Communications, a manufacturer of communications equipment
Cascade Corporation, a manufacturer of Material Handling Equipment located in Portland, OR
Cascade Investments LLC, a private investments and holding company owned by Bill Gates
Cascade Limited, a subsidiary of Pacific Century Cyberworks (PCCW), a Hong Kong telecommunications company
Cascade Lacrosse, a sports manufacturer
Cascade Collegiate Conference, a sports conference in the western United States
Open CASCADE, a software development company with head office in France
CASCADE, an EU-funded research project, targeting health risks in food

Music

Cascade (album), an album by folk rock band Capercaillie
"Cascade" (song), a single by Future Sound of London
Cascade (band), a Japanese Visual Kei band
Another name for German dance group Cascada

Other

Cascade Club and Spa[Cascade Club and Spa], premium health club based in Bangkok Thailand
Cascade converter, a type of motor-generator
Cascade (juggling), a juggling pattern
Resonance cascade, the event that started "The Black Mesa Incident" in the Half-Life game series. Oregon Route 213 is an Oregon State highway that serves the eastern Willamette Valley between Portland and Salem. The Cascade Lakes are a collection of lakes in central Oregon in the United States of America. Cascade Mountain is in Essex County of New York. It is one of the 46 Adirondack High Peaks and is located in the Adirondack Park Cascade Pass (formerly also known as Skagit Pass) is a Mountain pass over the northern Cascade Range, east of Marblemount Washington, The Cascade Tunnel was a 26-mile (42 km long single track railroad tunnel at Stevens Pass through the Cascade Mountains approximately to the east The Shasta Cascade region of California is located in the northeastern and north-central sections of the state bordering Oregon and Nevada, including far Cascade is an administrative district of Seychelles located on the island of Mahé. Cascade is a national park in New South Wales ( Australia) 431 km northeast of Sydney. The Rhymney Valley (Cwm Rhymni is a Valley encompassing the villages of Fochriw, Pontlottyn and the town of Rhymney in south-east 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 Biochemical cascade that helps clear Pathogens from an organism Mitogen-activated protein (MAP kinases ( are Serine/threonine-specific protein kinases that respond to extracellular stimuli ( Mitogens and regulate various cellular A cascade reaction or tandem reaction or domino reaction is a consecutive series of Intramolecular Organic reactions which often proceed via highly An electron avalanche is a process in which a number of Free electrons in a medium (usually a Gas) are subjected to strong acceleration by an Electric Quantum cascade lasers (QCLs are Semiconductor lasers that emit in the mid- to far- Infrared portion of the Electromagnetic spectrum and were first demonstrated In event-driven Computer programs an event cascade occurs when an Event handler causes another event to occur which also triggers an event handler In Game theory, an information cascade or informational cascade is a situation in which every subsequent actor based on the observations of others makes the same 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 In Chemical engineering, a cascade is a plant consisting of several similar stages with each processing the output from the previous stage A cascading rollback occurs in Database systems when a transaction (T1 causes a failure and a rollback must be performed In Computer science, fractional cascading is a technique to speed up a sequence of Binary searches for the same value in a sequence of related data structures Boise Cascade Holdings LLC, which uses the trade name Boise, is an American pulp and paper company, ranked as the thirteenth largest forest products company Cascade Bicycle Club is a nonprofit organization based in Seattle Washington and as of June 2008 serves 10000 members and the Puget Sound bicycling community Cascade Brewery is the oldest Brewery in Australia. It is based in South Hobart, Tasmania. Cascade Communications was a Westford Massachusetts based manufacturer of communications equipment Cascade Investments LLC is a private investment and Holding company, incorporated in United States. If you would like to experiment with Wikipedia please copy PCCW Limited ( PCCW,) is the largest Telecommunication enterprise in Hong Kong. Cascade is a sports manufacturer based in Liverpool New York. The Cascade Conference (or Cascade Collegiate Conference) is a sports conference in the northwestern United States Open CASCADE is a software development platform for 3D CAD, CAM, CAE, etc Cascade is the debut Album by Folk rock band Capercaillie. It is still unavailable on cd "Cascade" is the first single from Future Sound of London 's 1994 Lifeforms album Cascade was a Japanese Visual Kei band though they had a very casual style Cascada (kæˈskɑːdə is a German Eurodance group most famous for their hit singles " Everytime We Touch " (which won them a World Music A Cascade Converter is a type of Motor-generator which was patented in 1902 by J In Juggling, a cascade is the simplest pattern achievable with an odd number of props
Cascade virus, a computer virus
USS Cascade (AD-16), a United States Navy destroyer tender
A variety of hops found in North America
Kemble's Cascade, a pattern of stars
A brand name of detergent by Procter & Gamble
A variety of Seibel grapes
Superencryption, or Cascading encryption, when an encrypted message is encrypted again

Dictionary

-noun

A waterfall or series of small waterfalls.
(figuratively) A stream or sequence of a thing or things occurring as if falling like a cascade.
A series of electrical (or other types of) components, the output of any one being connected to the input of the next; See also daisy chain

-verb

(intransitive) To fall as a waterfall or series of small waterfalls.
To occur as a causal sequence.
(archaic) (slang) To vomit.

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