serializationn.

1856 A. Brisbane Theory Functions Human Passions 34 They discover the system of serialization in the Kingdoms of Nature.

1905 Eng. Illustr. Mag. Oct. 95/1 This division or serialisation of the image reflected upon a rippled surface.

1962 Listener 22 Mar. 513/1 The fate of man is now ‘serialization’. We lose our individuality and our capacity for action by being turned into merely one term in a series which could equally well be replaced by any other term.

1996 J. Santino New Old-fashioned Ways i. 4 We see the periodization or serialization of mass cultural products that are not themselves periodical or temporally sequential in nature.

1892 Author July 49/1 It is desirable that authors should understand the difficulties with which serialisation is surrounded.

1909 H. James Let. 13 Dec. in H. James & E. Wharton Lett. (1990) ii. 134 Just settled to a ‘shortish’ novel—which has got to be done, for serialization—in 8 numbers—very, very soon.

1965 Radio Times 18 Feb. 15/1 The Mill on the Floss, of which a four-part serialisation..begins tonight.

1972 Daily Tel. 31 Jan. 7/2 This serialisation may well prove such compulsive viewing as to create new interest in this neglected German liberal.

1989–90 Mod. Painters Winter 98/2 There would be tremendous newspaper competition for their serialisation.

2007 M. Misra Vishnu's Crowded Temple viii. 417 In January 1987 the state television broadcaster..began a 78-episode serialization of the Ramayana.

1954 Score Dec. 79 The works by Michael Fano..and Karlheinz Stockhausen..carry the principles of serialisation as far as they will go.

1959 Observer 23 Aug. 7/3 This group [of composers] practices a technique of total serialisation, whereby not merely notes but all elements of music (pitch, instrumentation, rhythm, volume, etc.) are used in row formation, i.e., in regular patterns.

1987 R. S. Brindle New Music (ed. 2) v. 36 There are various degrees of serialization and organization, and no successful piece of music is totally one thing or another.

2004 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 18 July ii. 21/1 Theoretically, all that serialization should have produced maximum variety and differentiation of sound. But in fact the music came out sounding monotonous.