| 单词 | series |
| 释义 | series n. (pl. same) 1. a number of things of which each is similar to the preceding or in which each successive pair are similarly related; a sequence, succession, order, row, or set. 2. a set of successive games between the same teams. 3. a set of programmes with the same actors etc. or on related subjects but each complete in itself. 4. a set of lectures by the same speaker or on the same subject. 5. a a set of successive issues of a periodical, of articles on one subject or by one writer, etc., esp. when numbered separately from a preceding or following set (second series). b a set of independent books in a common format or under a common title or supervised by a common general editor. 6. Philately a set of stamps, coins, etc., of different denominations but issued at one time, in one reign, etc. 7. Geol. a a set of strata with a common characteristic. b the rocks deposited during a specific epoch. 8. Mus. an arrangement of the twelve notes of the chromatic scale as a basis for serial music. 9. Electr. a a set of circuits or components arranged so that the current passes through each successively. b a set of batteries etc. having the positive electrode of each connected with the negative electrode of the next. 10. Chem. a set of elements with common properties or of compounds related in composition or structure. 11. Math. a set of quantities constituting a progression or having the several values determined by a common relation. Phrases and idioms arithmetical (or geometrical) series a series in arithmetical (or geometrical) progression. in series 1. in ordered succession. 2. Electr. (of a set of circuits or components) arranged so that the current passes through each successively. Etymology: L, = row, chain f. serere join, connect |
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