cascading

3 definitions • 3 examples

present participle of

to fall quickly and in large amounts:

Coins cascaded from/out of the fruit machine.

to pass on information by giving it to just a few people, who then give it to more people; to be passed on in this way:

Guest information is cascaded through employee shift briefings.

Communication cascades down the organization until the information has been communicated through each level, to the front lines.