series /sēˈrēz or -riz, rarely sēˈri-ēz/

1. A set of things in line or in succession, or thought of in this way
2. A set of things having something in common, eg of books in similar form issued by the same publishing house
3. A TV or radio programme in which the same characters appear, or a similar subject is addressed, in regularly broadcast shows
4. A set of things differing progressively
5. The sum where each term of a sequence is added to the previous one (mathematics)
6. A taxonomic group (of various rank)
7. A geological formation
8. Succession
9. Sequence
10. Linear or end-to-end arrangement
11. A set of notes in a particular order, taken, instead of a traditional scale, as the basis of a composition, eg the twelve-note row of twelve-tone music
12. An electric circuit whose components are arranged so that the same current passes through each of them in turn

seˈrial adjective

1. Forming a series
2. In series
3. In a row
4. In instalments
5. Of publication in instalments
6. Using series as the basis of composition (music)
7. (of supernumerary buds) one above another
8. Transferring one bit at a time (computing)

1. A publication, esp a story, in instalments
2. A motion picture, television or radio play appearing in instalments

seˈrialism noun (music)

Serial technique, or use of it

seˈrialist noun

A writer of serials, or of serial music

seriality /-alˈi-ti/ noun

serializāˈtion or serialisāˈtion noun

1. Publication in instalments
2. The use of notes and/or other elements of music in regular patterns

seˈrialize or seˈrialise transitive verb

1. To arrange in series
2. To publish serially

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