NOUN | group | series | similar things placed in order or happening one after another |
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communication | series, serial | a serialized set of programs | |
communication | series, serial, serial publication | a periodical that appears at scheduled times | |
event | series | (sports) several contests played successively by the same teams | |
relation | series | (electronics) connection of components in such a manner that current flows first through one and then through the other | |
group | series | a group of postage stamps having a common theme or a group of coins or currency selected as a group for study or collection | |
cognition | series | (mathematics) the sum of a finite or infinite sequence of expressions |
Sounds | sih'riyz | |
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Rhymes | Achilles ... Yerkes: 115 rhymes with iyz... |
Meaning | Similar things placed in order or happening one after another. | |
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Example | "they were investigating a series of bank robberies" | |
Narrower | Stations, Stations of the Cross | (Roman Catholic Church) a devotion consisting of fourteen prayers said before a series of fourteen pictures or carvings representing successive incidents during Jesus' passage from Pilate's house to his crucifixion at Calvary |
actinide series | (chemistry) a series of 15 radioactive elements with increasing atomic numbers from actinium to lawrencium | |
chain, concatenation | A series of things depending on each other as if linked together | |
cordon | A series of sentinels or of military posts enclosing or guarding some place or thing | |
course, line | A connected series of events or actions or developments | |
cycle | A series of poems or songs on the same theme | |
electromotive series, electromotive force series, electrochemical series | A serial arrangement of metallic elements or ions according to their electrode potentials determined under specified conditions | |
helium group | The series of inert gases | |
hierarchy | A series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system | |
lanthanide series | The rare-earth elements with atomic numbers 57 through 71 | |
nexus | A connected series or group | |
progression, patterned advance | A series with a definite pattern of advance | |
rash, blizzard | A series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences | |
sequence | Serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern | |
string, train | A sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding | |
succession | A group of people or things arranged or following in order | |
wave train | A succession of waves spaced at regular intervals | |
Broader | ordering, order, ordination | logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements |
Spanish | serie | |
Catalan | sèrie | |
Adjectives | serial | pertaining to or occurring in or producing a series |
serial | pertaining to or composed in serial technique | |
serial | in regular succession without gaps |
Meaning | A serialized set of programs. | |
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Synonym | serial | |
Parts | episode, installment, instalment | A part of a broadcast serial |
Narrower | soap opera | A serialized program usually dealing with sentimentalized family matters that is broadcast on radio or television (frequently sponsored by a company advertising soap products) |
tetralogy | A series of four related works (plays or operas or novels) | |
Broader | broadcast, program, programme | A radio or television show |
Spanish | serial, serie | |
Catalan | serial |
Meaning | A periodical that appears at scheduled times. | |
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Synonyms | serial, serial publication | |
Members | issue, number | One of a series published periodically |
Parts | installment, instalment | A part of a published serial |
Narrower | bimonthly | A periodical that is published twice a month or every two months (either 24 or 6 issues per year) |
biweekly | A periodical that is published twice a week or every two weeks (either 104 or 26 issues per year) | |
monthly | A periodical that is published every month (or 12 issues per year) | |
quarterly | A periodical that is published every quarter (or four issues per year) | |
semimonthly | A periodical that is published twice each month (or 24 issues per year) | |
semiweekly | A periodical that is published twice each week (or 104 issues per year) | |
weekly | A periodical that is published every week (or 52 issues per year) | |
Broader | periodical | A publication that appears at fixed intervals |
Spanish | serial | |
Catalan | sèrie |
Meaning | (sports) several contests played successively by the same teams. | |
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Example | "the visiting team swept the series" | |
Category | sport, athletics | An active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition |
Narrower | World Series | Series that constitutes the playoff for the baseball championship |
home stand | A series of successive games / games / games played at a team's home field or court | |
Broader | contest, competition | An occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants |
Meaning | (electronics) connection of components in such a manner that current flows first through one and then through the other. | |
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Example | "the voltage divider consisted of a series of fixed resistors" | |
Category | electronics | The branch of physics that deals with the emission and effects of electrons and with the use of electronic devices |
Broader | connection, connexion, connectedness | A relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it) |
Adjectives | serial | of or relating to the sequential performance of multiple operations |
Meaning | A group of postage stamps having a common theme or a group of coins or currency selected as a group for study or collection. | |
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Broader | group, grouping | Any number of entities (members) considered as a unit |
Meaning | (mathematics) the sum of a finite or infinite sequence of expressions. | |
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Category | mathematics, math, maths | A science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic / logic of quantity and shape and arrangement |
Narrower | Fourier series | The sum of a series of trigonometric expressions |
convergence, convergency | The approach of an infinite series to a finite limit | |
divergence, divergency | An infinite series that has no limit | |
exponential series | A series derived from the expansion of an exponential expression | |
geometric series | A geometric progression written as a sum | |
power series | The sum of terms containing successively higher integral powers of a variable | |
Broader | polynomial, multinomial | A mathematical function that is the sum of a number of terms |
Spanish | serie | |
Catalan | sèrie |
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