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plural sequels
(dated) The events, collectively, which follow a previously mentioned event; the aftermath. quotations examples
Now here Christian was worse put to it than in his fight with Apollyon, as by the sequel you shall see.
1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress
(narratology) A narrative that is written after another narrative set in the same universe, especially a narrative that is chronologically set after its predecessors, or (perhaps improper usage) any narrative that has a preceding narrative of its own.
(mathematics) The remainder of the text; what follows. Used exclusively in the set phrase "in the sequel". quotations examples
In the sequel we restrict ourselves to “nice” cases without going into details about the nicety conditions which have to be fulfilled (see, e.g., Freudenthal ).
1964, Hans Freudenthal, “Lie Groups in the Foundations of Geometry”, in Advances in Mathematics, volume 1, number 2, page 146
(Scotland, historical) Thirlage.
(obsolete) A person's descendants.