| 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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| Examples |
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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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| Examples |
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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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