sequence
This term evokes a sense of logical progression and strict linearity. It suggests that the position of each element is dependent on what came before it, creating a chain where the order is the most important feature. It is frequently used in technical, mathematical, and cinematic contexts to describe a structured flow. While a series is often just a collection of similar items, a sequence implies a specific, necessary arrangement. If you change the sequence, you change the outcome or the meaning, making it a word of precision rather than just grouping.
Countable when referring to a specific set of ordered items like a movie scene or a mathematical progression. Uncountable when referring to the general concept of ordering or the state of following one after another.
Meanings
A particular order in which related events, movements, or things follow each other.
"The sequence of events led to a total collapse of the system."