series

[ seer-eez ]

/ ˈsɪər iz /

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noun, plural se·ries.

a group or a number of related or similar things, events, etc., arranged or occurring in temporal, spatial, or other order or succession; sequence.

a number of games, contests, or sporting events, with the same participants, considered as a unit: The two baseball clubs played a five-game series.

a set, as of coins or stamps.

a set of successive volumes or issues of a periodical published in like form with similarity of subject or purpose.

Radio and Television.

a daily or weekly program with the same cast and format and a continuing story, as a soap opera, situation comedy, or drama.
a number of related programs having the same theme, cast, or format: a series of four programs on African wildlife.

Mathematics.

a sequence of terms combined by addition, as 1 + ½ + ¼ + ⅛ + … ½ n.
infinite series.

Rhetoric. a succession of coordinate sentence elements.

Geology. a division of stratified rocks that is of next higher rank to a stage and next lower rank to a system, comprising deposits formed during part of a geological epoch.

Electricity. an end-to-end arrangement of the components, as resistors, in a circuit so that the same current flows through each component. Compare parallel(def 13).

Chemistry. a group of related chemical elements arranged in order of increasing atomic number: the lanthanide series.

adjective

Electricity. consisting of or having component parts connected in series: a series circuit; a series generator.

Origin of series

1605–15; < Latin seriēs; akin to serere to connect

SYNONYMS FOR series

1 Series, sequence, succession are terms for an orderly following of things one after another. Series is applied to a number of things of the same kind, usually related to each other, arranged or happening in order: a series of baseball games. Sequence stresses the continuity in time, thought, cause and effect, etc.: The scenes came in a definite sequence. Succession implies that one thing is followed by another or others in turn, usually though not necessarily with a relation or connection between them: succession to a throne; a succession of calamities.

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OTHER WORDS FROM series

mul·ti·se·ries, noun, plural mul·ti·se·ries. sub·se·ries, noun, plural sub·se·ries. su·per·se·ries, noun, plural su·per·se·ries.

Words nearby series

sericin, sericite, serictery, sericulture, seriema, series, series circuit, series comma, series resonance, series-wound, serif

Example sentences from the Web for series

French officials were already on edge after a series of apparently unconnected attacks, including the stabbing of police officers.

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Life is a series of seemingly throwaway moments strung together in a peculiar tapestry, and Linklater has captured it beautifully.

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Conway goes on to list a series of other coincidences that he suggests are not simply explained.

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All of these far future speculations, of course, depend on a series of “ifs.”

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But throughout the series so far, its style has also had a profound story of its own to tell.

What Downton’s Fashion Really Means |Katie Baker |January 2, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
The position of those who remained was regulated in a series of decrees, adverse to the system, but favourable to the inmate.

Lectures on the French Revolution |John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
The principal work is his series of Lectures in the Royal Academy, twelve in number, commenced in 1801.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 |Various
The two armature coils are in series with the field-coils and the same disposition of the shunt or short-circuit D is used.

The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla |Thomas Commerford Martin
After a series of farewells that would have befitted an imminent voyage to foreign parts, the Kid went down to the street.

The Voice of the City |O. Henry
In the Liquozone article of this series I showed how medical evidence is itself "doctored."

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British Dictionary definitions for series

series

/ (ˈsɪəriːz, -rɪz) /

noun plural -ries

a group or connected succession of similar or related things, usually arranged in order

a set of radio or television programmes having the same characters and setting but different stories

a set of books having the same format, related content, etc, published by one firm

a set of stamps, coins, etc, issued at a particular time

maths the sum of a finite or infinite sequence of numbers or quantities See also geometric series

electronics

a configuration of two or more components connected in a circuit so that the same current flows in turn through each of them (esp in the phrase in series)
(as modifier)a series circuit Compare parallel (def. 10)

rhetoric a succession of coordinate elements in a sentence

geology a stratigraphical unit that is a subdivision of a system and represents the rocks formed during an epoch

Word Origin for series

C17: from Latin: a row, from serere to link

Medical definitions for series

series

[ sîr′ēz ]

n. pl. series

A number of objects or events arranged or coming one after the other in succession.

A group of objects related by linearly varying successive differences in form or configuration, as in a radioactive decay series.

Scientific definitions for series

series

[ sîr′ēz ]

The sum of a sequence of terms, for example 2 + 22 + 23 + 24 + 25 + …

A group of rock formations closely related in time of origin and distinct as a group from other formations.

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