Cascade, or Cascading may refer to:

Science and technology

Science

Air shower (physics) Air showers are extensive Particle shower, cascades of subatomic particles and ionized nuclei, produced in the Earth's atmosphere, atmosphere when a ''primary'' cosmic ray enters the atmosphere. Particles of cosmic radiation can be protons, Atomi ...

, a cascade (particle shower) of subatomic particles and ionized nuclei **

Particle shower In particle physics, a shower is a cascade of secondary particles produced as the result of a high-energy particle interacting with dense matter. The incoming particle interacts, producing multiple new particles with lesser energy; each of these t ...

, a cascade of secondary particles produced as the result of a high-energy particle interacting with dense matter * Cascade, the

CRISPR CRISPR (; acronym of clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats) is a family of DNA sequences found in the genomes of prokaryotic organisms such as bacteria and archaea. Each sequence within an individual prokaryotic CRISPR is d ...

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Cascade (grape) Cascade is a red complex hybrid grape variety that was created by French viticulturist Albert Seibel in the early 20th century in Aubenas, Ardèche, in the Rhône Valley. It has been commercially available in North America since 1938 and has since ...

, a type of fruit *Cascade waterfalls, or series of waterfalls * Biochemical cascade, a series of biochemical reactions, in which a product of the previous step is the substrate of the next * Collision cascade, 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 * Energy cascade, a process important in turbulent flow and drag by which kinetic energy is converted into heat * Trophic cascade, an interaction that can occur throughout an ecosystem when a trophic level is suppressed

Mathematics

* Period-doubling bifurcation, Period-doubling cascade, an infinite sequence of period-doubling in dynamic systems

Computing

* Cascade (computer virus), a type of computer virus in the 1980s * Cascading (software), an abstraction layer for Hadoop * Cascading classifiers, a multistage classification scheme * Cascading deletion, a way to handle deletions in database systems * Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), style sheet language used in markup languages like HTML * Method cascading, in object-oriented languages

Engineering

* Cascade (chemical engineering), a series of chemical processes * Cascade amplifier, any two-port network constructed from a series of amplifiers * Cascade connection, a type of electrical network connection ** Cascade motor connection, a speed control system for induction motor * Cascade failure, a mode of failure in which the loss of one interlinked network node causes the overload of others * Cascade filling system, for gases

Horticulture

* Cascade - an artificial waterfall designed to embellish a large garden or country estate

Places

* Cascade Creek (disambiguation) * Cascade Falls (disambiguation) * Cascade Lake (disambiguation) * Cascade Range, a mountain range on the west coast of North America * Cascade River (disambiguation) * Cascades (disambiguation)

Australia

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

Canada

* Cascade City, British Columbia, aka Cascade Falls, a ghost town * Cascade Falls (Kettle River), the eponymous waterfall near Cascade City * 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 * Cascade Inlet, a side-inlet of Dean Channel in the Central Coast region of British Columbia

United States

* Cascade, California, an unincorporated community in Plumas County * Cascade, Colorado * Cascade, Idaho * Lake Cascade, a reservoir in Idaho * Cascade, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Cascade, Iowa, a city in Dubuque County and Jones County * Cascade Township, Michigan * Cascade Township, Olmsted County, Minnesota * Cascade, Missouri * Cascade, Montana * Cascade County, Montana * Cascade, Nebraska * Cascade, New Hampshire * Cascade, Ohio, a former town in Putnam County * Cascade Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania * Cascade, Virginia, an unincorporated community * Cascade, Seattle, 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, an administrative district of Seychelles * Penpedairheol, Caerphilly, also known as "Cascade", South Wales, United Kingdom

Organizations

* Cascade Brewery, a brewery founded in 1832 in Australia * Cascade Communications, a communications equipment manufacturer * Cascade Investment, a financial company * 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 (film), ''Cascade'' (film), a Canadian thriller film * Cascade Films, an Australian film production company owned by Nadia Tass and David Parker

Music

Artists

* Cascade (band), a Japanese rock group, who formed in 1993 * Cascade, a former name of the German dance group Cascada * Cascade, a British DJ duo also recording under the alias Transa (duo), Transa

Albums

* ''Cascade'', a 1984 album by Capercaillie (band), Capercaillie *''Cascade'', a 1986 album recorded by Terry Oldfield * Cascade (Peter Murphy album), ''Cascade'' (Peter Murphy album), a 1995 album by Peter Murphy * Cascade (Guy Manning album), ''Cascade'' (Guy Manning album), a 2001 album by Guy Manning * ''Cascade'', a 2009 album by Abaddon Incarnate * Cascade (William Basinski album), ''Cascade'' (William Basinski album), a 2015 album by William Basinski * Cascade (Floating Points album), ''Cascade'' (Floating Points album), a 2024 album by Floating Points

Songs

* "Cascade", a song written by Gene Slone and played by Chet Atkins on his 1977 album ''Me and My Guitar (Chet Atkins album), Me and My Guitar'' * "Cascade", a song by Spyro Gyra from the 1978 album ''Spyro Gyra (album), Spyro Gyra'' * "Cascade", a song by Siouxsie and the Banshees from the 1982 album ''A Kiss in the Dreamhouse'' * Cascade (single), a 1993 single by The Future Sound of London * "Cascade", a song by Dave Weckl from the 2005 album ''Multiplicity (album), Multiplicity'' * "The Cascade", a song by Moving Mountains from the 2011 album ''Waves (Moving Mountains album), Waves'' * "Cascade", a song by Kreidler from the 2012 album ''Den (album), Den'' * "Cascades", a song by Metric from the 2015 album ''Pagans in Vegas''

Transportation

* Cascade (sternwheeler 1864), ''Cascade'' (sternwheeler 1864), a steamboat that operated in Oregon * Cascade (train), ''Cascade'' (train), a railroad train * USS Cascade (AD-16), USS ''Cascade'' (AD-16), a 1942 ship

Other uses

* Cascade, brand name of dishwashing detergent manufactured by List of Procter & Gamble brands#Household, Procter & Gamble * Cascade (juggling), a juggling pattern * Cascade College, a former college in Oregon, US * Cascade hop, an agricultural crop * Information cascade, when people use the actions of others as an input to their own actions * Jabot (window), also called a cascade, a type of interior decor * Yerevan Cascade, known as The Cascade, a building in Yerevan, Armenia