Serial
['sɪərɪəl] or ['sɪrɪəl]
Definition
(noun.) a serialized set of programs; 'a comedy series'; 'the Masterworks concert series'.
(adj.) of or relating to the sequential performance of multiple operations; 'serial processing' .
(adj.) pertaining to or occurring in or producing a series; 'serial monogamy'; 'serial killing'; 'a serial killer'; 'serial publication' .
(adj.) pertaining to or composed in serial technique; 'serial music' .
Typed by Joan--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to a series; consisting of a series; appearing in successive parts or numbers; as, a serial work or publication.
(a.) Of or pertaining to rows.
(n.) A publication appearing in a series or succession of part; a tale, or other writing, published in successive numbers of a periodical.
Typed by Juan
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Successive, consecutive, continuous, continued.
Edited by Angus
Definition
adj. pertaining to or consisting of a series: appearing periodically.—n. a tale or other composition appearing in successive parts as in a periodical: a publication issued in successive numbers a periodical.—n. Sērial′ity.—advs. Sē′rially Sē′riately in a series or regular order.—adj. Sē′riāte arranged in a series.—adv. Sē′riātim one after another.—n. Sēriā′tion.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. A literary work usually a story that is not true creeping through several issues of a newspaper or magazine. Frequently appended to each installment is a 'synposis of preceding chapters ' for those who have not read them but a direr need is a synposis of succeeding chapters for those who do not intend to read them. A synposis of the entire work would be still better.
Typist: Penelope
Examples
- How inexplicable are the cases of serial homologies on the ordinary view of creation! Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- But certain circumstances of serial publication led to a change of intent. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Or is it a mere serial aggregate of acts, first doing one thing and then another? John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
Typist: Stanley