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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024se•ri•al /ˈsɪriəl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- anything published, broadcast, etc., in parts at regular times.
- Library Sciencea publication, as an annual report, released or printed in successive parts.
adj. [usually: before a noun] - published or presented in sequential parts:a serial story.
- Sociologyof or relating to a series:the serial numbers on the checks.
- Sociologyoccurring in a series, one after another:serial murders.
- responsible for a series of specified actions, esp. crimes:a serial killer.
- Computingof or relating to the transfer of electronic data in a stream of sequential pieces of information:a serial printer attached to the serial port.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024se•ri•al (sēr′ē əl),USA pronunciation n. - anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- Library Sciencea publication in any medium issued in successive parts bearing numerical or chronological designation and intended to be continued indefinitely.
adj. - published in installments or successive parts:a serial story.
- pertaining to such publication.
- Sociologyof, pertaining to, consisting of, or occurring in a series rather than simultaneously:Some societies condemn both polygamy and serial marriages.
- Sociologyeffecting or producing a series;
sequential:The police think a serial killer is responsible for five homicides in this city last month. - Computing
- Computingof or pertaining to the apparent or actual performance of data-processing operations one at a time (distinguished from parallel).
- Computingof or pertaining to the transmission or processing of each part of a whole in sequence, as each bit of a byte or each byte of a computer word (distinguished from parallel).
- Music, Music and Danceof, pertaining to, or composed in serial technique.
- Neo-Latin seriālis. See series, -al1
- 1835–45
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: serial /ˈsɪərɪəl/ n - a novel, play, etc, presented in separate instalments at regular intervals
- a publication, usually regularly issued and consecutively numbered
adj - of, relating to, or resembling a series
- published or presented as a serial
- of or relating to such publication or presentation
- of or operating on items of information, instructions, etc, in the order in which they occur
- of, relating to, or using the techniques of serialism
Etymology: 19th Century: from New Latin seriālis, from Latin seriēs seriesˈserially adv |