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Series

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Noun

1. series

similar things placed in order or happening one after another

Example Sentences:
'they were investigating a series of bank robberies'

2. serial, series

a serialized set of programs

Example Sentences:
'a comedy series'
'the Masterworks concert series'

3. serial, serial publication, series

a periodical that appears at scheduled times

4. series

(sports) several contests played successively by the same teams

Example Sentences:
'the visiting team swept the series'

5. series

(electronics) connection of components in such a manner that current flows first through one and then through the other

Example Sentences:
'the voltage divider consisted of a series of fixed resistors'

6. series

a group of postage stamps having a common theme or a group of coins or currency selected as a group for study or collection

Example Sentences:
'the Post Office issued a series commemorating famous American entertainers'
'his coin collection included the complete series of Indian-head pennies'

7. series

(mathematics) the sum of a finite or infinite sequence of expressions

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Series

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noun plural -ries
1. 
a group or connected succession of similar or related things, usually arranged in order
2. 
a set of radio or television programmes having the same characters and setting but different stories
3. 
a set of books having the same format, related content, etc, published by one firm
4. 
a set of stamps, coins, etc, issued at a particular time
5. mathematics
the sum of a finite or infinite sequence of numbers or quantities
See also geometric series
6. electronics
a. 
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)
b. 
(as modifier)
a series circuit
Compare parallel (sense 10)
7. rhetoric
a succession of coordinate elements in a sentence
8. geology
a stratigraphical unit that is a subdivision of a system and represents the rocks formed during an epoch

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Series

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nounWord forms: plural ˈseries
1. 
a group or number of similar or related things arranged in a row
a series of arches
2. 
a group or number of related or similar persons, things, or events coming one after another; sequence; succession
3. 
a number of things produced as a related group; set, as of books or television programs, related in subject, format, etc., or dealing with the same characters
4.  Bowling
a set of three consecutive games
5.  Electricity
an arrangement of devices in a circuit, in which the current flows sequentially through a series of components
used chiefly in the phrase in series see also parallel (sense 14)
6.  Geology
a subdivision of a system of stratified rocks, consisting of the rocks laid down during a geologic epoch
7.  Ancient Mathematics
the sum of a sequence, often infinite, of terms usually separated by plus signs or minus signs (Ex.: 1 + 3 + 5 + 7)
8.  Rhetoric
a group of successive coordinate elements of a sentence
adjective
9.  Electricity
designating or of a circuit in series

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Series

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n. pl. series
1. A number of objects or events arranged or coming one after the other in succession.
2. A set of stamps, coins, or currency issued in a particular period.
3. Physics & Chemistry A group of objects related by linearly varying successive differences in form or configuration: a radioactive decay series; the paraffin alkane series.
4. Mathematics The sum of a sequentially ordered finite or infinite set of terms.
5. Geology A group of rock formations closely related in time of origin and distinct as a group from other formations.
6. Grammar A succession of coordinate elements in a sentence.
7.
a. A succession of publications that present an extended narrative, such as a comic book series, or that have similar subjects or similar formats, such as a series of cookbooks.
b. A succession of individual programs presented as parts of a unified whole, such as the set of episodes of a television show or a podcast.
8.
a. Sports A number of games played by the same two teams, often in succession.
b. Baseball The World Series.
9. Linguistics A set of vowels or diphthongs related by ablaut, as in sing, sang, sung, and song.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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