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series

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Main Entry:
se·ries 
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Pronunciation:
\ˈsir-(ˌ)ēz\
Function:
noun
Inflected Form(s):
plural series
Usage:
often attributive
Etymology:
Latin, from serere to join, link together; akin to Greek eirein to string together, hormos chain, necklace, and perhaps to Latin sort-, sors lot
Date:
1611
1 a: a number of things or events of the same class coming one after another in spatial or temporal succession <a concert series> <the hall opened into a series of small rooms> b: a set of regularly presented television programs each of which is complete in itself2: the indicated sum of a usually infinite sequence of numbers3 a: the coins or currency of a particular country and period b: a group of postage stamps in different denominations4: a succession of volumes or issues published with related subjects or authors, similar format and price, or continuous numbering5: a division of rock formations that is smaller than a system and comprises rocks deposited during an epoch6: a group of chemical compounds related in composition and structure7: an arrangement of the parts of or elements in an electric circuit whereby the whole current passes through each part or element without branching — compare parallel8: a set of vowels connected by ablaut (as i, a, u in ring, rang, rung)9: a number of games (as of baseball) played usually on consecutive days between two teams <in town for a 3-game series>10: a group of successive coordinate sentence elements joined together11: soil series12: three consecutive games in bowling
in series
: in a serial or series arrangement


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