Cascade, Cascades or Cascading may refer to:

Science and technology

Science

Cascade waterfalls A waterfall is a point in a river or stream where water flows over a vertical drop or a series of steep drops. Waterfalls also occur where meltwater drops over the edge of a tabular iceberg or ice shelf. Waterfalls can be formed in several wa ...

, or series of waterfalls * Cascade, the CRISPR-associated complex for antiviral defense (a protein complex) * Cascade (grape), a type of fruit *

Biochemical cascade A biochemical cascade, also known as a signaling cascade or signaling pathway, is a series of chemical reactions that occur within a biological cell when initiated by a stimulus. This stimulus, known as a first messenger, acts on a receptor that ...

, a series of biochemical reactions, in which a product of the previous step is the substrate of the next *

Energy cascade In continuum mechanics, an energy cascade involves the transfer of energy from large scales of motion to the small scales (called a direct energy cascade) or a transfer of energy from the small scales to the large scales (called an inverse energy ...

, a process important in turbulent flow and drag by which kinetic energy is converted into heat *

Collision cascade In condensed-matter physics, a collision cascade (also known as a displacement cascade or a displacement spike) is a set of nearby adjacent energetic (much higher than ordinary thermal energies) collisions of atoms induced by an energetic par ...

, a set of nearby adjacent energetic collisions of atoms induced by an energetic particle in a solid or liquid * Ecological cascade, a series of secondary extinctions triggered by the primary extinction of a key species in an ecosystem *

Trophic cascade Trophic cascades are powerful indirect interactions that can control entire ecosystems, occurring when a trophic level in a food web is suppressed. For example, a top-down cascade will occur if predators are effective enough in predation to reduce t ...

, an interaction that can occur throughout an ecosystem when a trophic level is suppressed

Computing

Cascading classifiers Cascading is a particular case of ensemble learning based on the concatenation of several classifiers, using all information collected from the output from a given classifier as additional information for the next classifier in the cascade. Unl ...

, a multistage classification scheme * Cascading deletion, a way to handle deletions in database systems *

Cascading (software) Cascading is a software abstraction layer for Apache Hadoop and Apache Flink. Cascading is used to create and execute complex data processing workflows on a Hadoop cluster using any JVM-based language (Java, JRuby, Clojure, etc.), hiding the und ...

, an abstraction layer for Hadoop * Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), style sheet language used in markup languages like HTML *

Cascade (computer virus) The Cascade virus (also known as ''Herbstlaub'' in Germany) is a prominent computer virus that was a resident written in assembly language, that was widespread in the 1980s and early 1990s. It infected .COM files and had the effect of making tex ...

, a type of computer virus in the 1980s * Method cascading, in object-oriented languages

Engineering

Cascade amplifier Cascade, Cascades or Cascading may refer to: Science and technology Science * Cascade waterfalls, or series of waterfalls * Cascade, the CRISPR-associated complex for antiviral defense (a protein complex) * Cascade (grape), a type of fruit * Bioc ...

, any two-port network constructed from a series of amplifiers * Cascade (chemical engineering), a series of chemical processes *

Cascade filling system A cascade filling system is a high-pressure gas cylinder storage system that is used for the refilling of smaller compressed gas cylinders. In some applications, each of the large cylinders is filled by a compressor, otherwise they may be filled ...

, for gasses *

Cascade connection A two-port network (a kind of four-terminal network or quadripole) is an electrical network ( circuit) or device with two ''pairs'' of terminals to connect to external circuits. Two terminals constitute a port if the currents applied to them sati ...

, a type of electrical network connection *

Cascade motor connection An induction motor or asynchronous motor is an AC electric motor in which the electric current in the rotor needed to produce torque is obtained by electromagnetic induction from the magnetic field of the stator winding. An induction motor c ...

, a speed control system for induction motor

Places

* Cascade Range, a mountain range on the west coast of North America *

Cascade Creek (disambiguation) Cascade Creek may refer to: * Cascade Creek (Grand Teton National Park), Wyoming * Cascade Creek (San Anselmo Creek), California * Cascade Creek (South Dakota) * Cascade Creek, in British Columbia's Cascade Falls Regional Park * Cascade Creek, ...

Cascade Falls (disambiguation) Cascade Falls may refer to: Canada * Cascade Falls (Iskut River), a waterfall in British Columbia *Cascade Falls (Kettle River), a waterfall in British Columbia * Cascade Falls Regional Park, British Columbia United States :''Alphabetical by state ...

Cascade River (disambiguation) The Cascade River is a placename that can mean: * Cascade River (Alberta) (Canada), a tributary of the Bow River * Cascade River (Ontario) (Canada) * Cascade River (Mindanao) (Philippines) * Cascade River (Minnesota) (United States) * Cascade River ...

Yerevan Cascade The Cascade ( hy, Կասկադ, ''Kaskad'') is a giant stairway made of limestone in Yerevan, Armenia. It links the downtown Kentron area of Yerevan with the Monument neighborhood ( Arabkir and Kanaker-Zeytun districts). Designed by architects J ...

Australia

Cascade, Norfolk Island Burnt Pine ( Norf'k: ''Ban Pain''Buffett, Alice Inez, ''Speak Norfolk Today: An Encyclopedia of the Norfolk Island language'', Himii Publishing, Norfolk Island, 1999: 25) is the largest town on Norfolk Island (in the Pacific Ocean located betwee ...

, a settlement in the Australian external territory of Norfolk Island *

Cascades, Tasmania Cascades is a suburb of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. It is immediately west of the city centre, in the foothills of Mount Wellington. It is the location of the Cascade Brewery Cascade Brewery is a brewery established in 1824 in South ...

, a suburb of Hobart *

Cascade, Western Australia Cascade is a small town in Western Australia located east of Perth along the South Coast between Ravensthorpe and Esperance in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. At the 2006 census, Cascade had a population of 158. The o ...

Canada

Cascade City Cascade City or Cascade was a Canadian Pacific Railway construction era boom town in the Boundary Country of the West Kootenay region of British Columbia, Canada. Because of its location near the Canada–United States border, it was also calle ...

, British Columbia, aka Cascade Falls, a ghost town *

Cascade Falls (Kettle River) Cascade Falls is a waterfall on the Kettle River in the Boundary Country of the Southern Interior of British Columbia. They are located just south of Christina Lake and just north of the Canada–United States border in a gorge 200-300 yards lon ...

, the eponymous waterfall near Cascade City *

Cascade Inlet Cascade Inlet is a fjord in the North Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It extends northwest from Dean Channel. It was first charted in 1793 by George Vancouver and Spelman Swaine during their 1791-95 expedition. Vanco ...

, a side-inlet of Dean Channel in the Central Coast region of British Columbia * Cascade Falls (Iskut River), waterfall in the Stikine-Iskut region of British Columbia * Cascade Falls Regional Park, located on Cascade Creek northeast of the District of Mission in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia

United States

* Cascades (ecoregion), an area of Washington, Oregon, and California * Cascade, California, an unincorporated community in Plumas County * Cascade, Colorado *

Cascade, Idaho Cascade is a rural city in and the county seat of Valley County, Idaho, United States. The population was 939 at the 2010 census, down from 997 in 2000.

Lake Cascade Lake Cascade (formerly Cascade Reservoir), is a reservoir in the western United States, on the North Fork of the Payette River in Valley County, Idaho. Located in the Boise National Forest, it has a surface area of , and is the fourth largest la ...

, a reservoir in Idaho *

Cascade, Indiana Bloomington is a city in and the county seat of Monroe County in the central region of the U.S. state of Indiana. It is the seventh-largest city in Indiana and the fourth-largest outside the Indianapolis metropolitan area. According to the Mon ...

, an unincorporated community *

Cascade, Iowa Cascade is a city in Dubuque and Jones counties, Iowa, United States. The Dubuque County portion is part of Dubuque Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the Jones County section is part of Cedar Rapids Metropolitan Statistical Area. The popula ...

, a city in Dubuque County and Jones County *

Cascade Township, Michigan Cascade Charter Township is a charter township of Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 17,134 at the 2010 census. The township is part of the Grand Rapids metropolitan area and is located just east of the city of Grand ...

Cascade Township, Olmsted County, Minnesota Cascade Township is a township in Olmsted County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 3,183 at the 2000 census. Cascade Township was organized in 1859, and named after Cascade Creek. Geography According to the United States Census Bure ...

Cascade, Missouri Cascade is an unincorporated community in northeastern Wayne County, Missouri, United States. It is located on Missouri Supplemental Route A supplemental route is a state secondary road in the U.S. state of Missouri, designated with letters. Su ...

Cascade, Montana Cascade is a town in Cascade County, Montana, United States. The population was 600 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Great Falls, Montana Metropolitan Statistical Area, which in 2020 had a population of 84,414. Cascade was incorporated in ...

* Cascade County, Montana * Cascade, Nebraska *

Cascade, New Hampshire Cascade is an unincorporated community within the city of Berlin and the town of Gorham, New Hampshire, United States. The village gets its name from a nearby alpine waterfall, which is visible in the hills to the east. The village straddles New Ha ...

* Cascade, Ohio, a former town in Putnam County * Cascade Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania * Cascade, Virginia, an unincorporated community * Cascades, Virginia, a census-designated place in Loudoun County *

Cascade, Seattle Cascade is an urban neighborhood abutting Downtown Seattle, Washington, United States, located adjacent to South Lake Union. It is bounded by: Fairview Avenue North on the west, beyond which is the rest of the Cascade Neighborhood; the Interstat ...

, Washington * Cascade-Fairwood, Washington, a census-designated place in King County * Cascade, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Cascade, Wisconsin, a village in Sheboygan County

Elsewhere

* Cascade, Jamaica, a settlement in Jamaica *

Cascade, Seychelles Cascade () is an administrative district of Seychelles Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles (french: link=no, République des Seychelles; Creole: ''La Repiblik Sesel''), is an archipelagic state consisting of 115 isl ...

, an administrative district of Seychelles * Penpedairheol, Caerphilly, also known as "Cascade", South Wales, United Kingdom * Cascade, a public housing estates in Ho Man Tin, Hong Kong

Organizations

Cascade Brewery Cascade Brewery is a brewery established in 1824 in South Hobart, Tasmania and is the oldest continually operating brewery in Australia. As well as beer, the site also produces a range of non-alcoholic products. It is home to a function cen ...

, a brewery founded in 1832 in Australia * Cascade Communications, a communications equipment manufacturer *

Cascade Investment Cascade Investment, L.L.C. is an American holding company and private investment firm headquartered in Kirkland, Washington, United States. It is controlled by Bill Gates, and managed by Michael Larson. More than half of Gates's fortune is held ...

, a financial company *

Cascades (company) Cascades is a Canadian company that produces, converts, and markets packaging and tissue products composed mainly of recycled fibres. Cascades employs more than 11,700 people in more than 85 operating units in North America. It was founded in 1 ...

, a paper pulp company, founded in 1957 in Canada * Open Cascade, a software development company with head office in France

Arts and entertainment

* '' The Cascade'', a Canadian newspaper, first published in 1993 in British Columbia * Cascade, a flash animation from the webcomic

Homestuck ''Homestuck'' is an Internet fiction series created by American author and artist Andrew Hussie in the first half of the 2010s. The fourth and best-known of Hussie's four ''MS Paint Adventures'', it originally ran from April 13, 2009 to April ...

Music

Artists

* Cascade (band), a Japanese rock group, who formed in 1993 * Cascade, a former name of the German dance group

Cascada Cascada (, Spanish for "Waterfall", stylized as CASCADA, CASC''A''DA and cascada) is a German dance music act founded in 2004 by singer Natalie Horler and DJs/producers DJ Manian and DJ Yanou. They are best known for their hit singles " Every ...

* Cascade, a British DJ duo also recording under the alias

Transa Transa are a British electronic music duo composed of brothers Dave and Brendan Webster. Mostly active from the 1990s until the 2000s (decade), they have produced mostly trance music over their career, but have slipped into the realm of progres ...

Albums

* ''Cascade'', a 1984 album by Capercaillie *''Cascade'', a 1986 album recorded by

Terry Oldfield Terry is a unisex given name, derived from French Thierry and Theodoric. It can also be used as a diminutive nickname for the names Teresa or Theresa (feminine) or Terence or Terrier (masculine). People Male * Terry Albritton (1955–2005), A ...

* ''Cascade'' (Peter Murphy album), a 1995 album by Peter Murphy * ''Cascade'' (Guy Manning album), a 2001 album by Guy Manning * ''Cascade'', a 2009 album by Abaddon Incarnate * ''Cascade'' (William Basinski album), a 2015 album by William Basinski

Songs

* "Cascade", a song written by Gene Slone and played by Chet Atkins on his 1977 album '' Me and My Guitar'' * "Cascade", a song by Spyro Gyra from the 1978 album '' Spyro Gyra'' * "Cascade", a song by Siouxsie and the Banshees from the 1982 album '' A Kiss in the Dreamhouse'' * "Cascade" (song), a 1993 single by The Future Sound of London * "Cascade", a song by Dave Weckl from the 2005 album ''

Multiplicity Multiplicity may refer to: In science and the humanities * Multiplicity (mathematics), the number of times an element is repeated in a multiset * Multiplicity (philosophy), a philosophical concept * Multiplicity (psychology), having or using mult ...

'' * "The Cascade", a song by Moving Mountains from the 2011 album ''

Waves Waves most often refers to: *Waves, oscillations accompanied by a transfer of energy that travel through space or mass. *Wind waves, surface waves that occur on the free surface of bodies of water. Waves may also refer to: Music *Waves (band) ...

'' * "Cascade", a song by Kreidler from the 2012 album '' Den''

Transportation

* ''Cascade'' (train), a railroad train * USS ''Cascade'' (AD-16), a 1942 ship

Other uses

Cascade College Cascade College was a private, four-year, liberal arts college associated with the Churches of Christ. Located in Portland, Oregon, United States, it was a branch campus of Oklahoma Christian University. Its mission was to emphasize spiritua ...

, a former college in Oregon, US *

Cascade (juggling) In toss juggling, a cascade is the simplest juggling pattern achievable with an odd number of props. The simplest juggling pattern is the three- ball cascade,Bernstein, Nicholai A. (1996). ''Dexterity and Its Development'', p.379. . This is th ...

, a juggling pattern * Cascade hop, an agricultural crop *

Jabot (window) A jabot , also called cascade or tail, is a vertical pleated piece of window treatment used with festoons or swags along the top of a window on the inside of a building. The usual purpose of a jabot is to hide the seams between individual swags, ...

, also called a cascade, a type of interior decor * Information cascade, when people use the actions of others as an input to their own actions * Cascade, a household dishwashing detergent manufactured by

Procter & Gamble The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) is an American multinational consumer goods corporation headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, founded in 1837 by William Procter and James Gamble. It specializes in a wide range of personal health/consumer he ...