Series Meaning and Definition

Word: Series

How to pronounce: ˈsɪəriːz

Noun

Definitions:

1. A number of things, events, or people of a similar kind or related nature coming one after another.

Example sentences: "The explosion was the latest in a series of accidents"

2. A set of related television or radio programs, especially of a specified kind.

Example sentences: "A new drama series"

3. Another term for tone row

4. Denoting electrical circuits or components arranged so that the current passes through each successively.

Example sentences: "A series circuit"

5. (in chronostratigraphy) a range of strata corresponding to an epoch in time, being a subdivision of a system and itself subdivided into stages.

Example sentences: "The Pliocene series"

6. A set of elements with common properties or of compounds related in composition or structure.

Example sentences: "The metals of the lanthanide series"

7. A set of quantities constituting a progression or having the several values determined by a common relation.

Example sentences: "The main research topics which Genocchi worked on were number theory, series and the integral calculus."

8. A group of speech sounds having at least one phonetic feature in common but distinguished in other respects.

Synonyms:

chain

sequence

episode

succession

soap opera

television series

television serial

a number

line

show

serial publication

Derivations:

serially

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Series in Other Languages...

Spanish: Serie

German: Serie

French: Série

Italian: Serie

Turkish: Dizi