What is the meaning of Cascades?

noun

• A small waterfall or series of small waterfalls.
  • synonyms: cascade
• A succession of stages or operations or processes or units.
  • usage: "progressing in severity as though a cascade of genetic damage was occurring"; "separation of isotopes by a cascade of processes"
  • synonyms: cascade
• A sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower.
  • usage: "a little shower of rose petals"; "a sudden cascade of sparks"
  • synonyms: shower, cascade
• A mountain range in the northwestern United States extending through Washington and Oregon and northern California; a part of the Coast Range.
  • synonyms: Cascade Range, Cascade Mountains

verb

• Rush down in big quantities, like a cascade.
  • synonyms: cascade, cascade down
• Arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible.
  • synonyms: cascade