Series
['sɪəriːz;-rɪz] or ['sɪriz]
Definition
(noun.) (mathematics) the sum of a finite or infinite sequence of expressions.
(noun.) a periodical that appears at scheduled times.
(noun.) (sports) several contests played successively by the same teams; 'the visiting team swept the series'.
(noun.) similar things placed in order or happening one after another; 'they were investigating a series of bank robberies'.
(noun.) a group of postage stamps having a common theme or a group of coins or currency selected as a group for study or collection; 'the Post Office issued a series commemorating famous American entertainers'; 'his coin collection included the complete series of Indian-head pennies'.
(noun.) (electronics) connection of components in such a manner that current flows first through one and then through the other; 'the voltage divider consisted of a series of fixed resistors'.
Checked by Alma--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A number of things or events standing or succeeding in order, and connected by a like relation; sequence; order; course; a succession of things; as, a continuous series of calamitous events.
(n.) Any comprehensive group of animals or plants including several subordinate related groups.
(n.) An indefinite number of terms succeeding one another, each of which is derived from one or more of the preceding by a fixed law, called the law of the series; as, an arithmetical series; a geometrical series.
Edited by Darrell
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Succession, order, sequence, course, line, row, concatenation.
Editor: Quentin
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Order, course, sequence, succession, train, rotation,[See EVENT]
Checker: Paulette
Definition
n.sing. and pl. a succession of things connected by some likeness: sequence: order: (math.) a progression of numbers or quantities according to a certain law.—Arithmetical series a series whose terms progress by the addition or subtraction of a constant difference; Geometrical series a series whose successive terms progress by a constant multiplier or divisor—the common ratio; Reciprocal series a series each of whose terms is the reciprocal of the corresponding term of another series.
Typist: Silvia
Examples
- Nichols was also with us for a short time conducting a special series of experiments. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It consists of a series of silk disks saturated with a sizing of plumbago and well dried. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The crusaders beleaguered Prague, but failed to take it, and they experienced a series of reverses that ended in their retreat from Bohemia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Quite late in his life he began a series of outspoken criticisms of the corruption of the clergy and the unwisdom of the church. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was a machine mounted on two wheels, that had a seed box in the bottom of which was a series of holes opening into a corresponding number of metal tubes or funnels. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- One good deed or one bad one is no measure of a man's character: the Last Judgment let us hope will be no series of decisions as simple as that. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- For the purpose of increased lucidity we will first show a plain multiple-series system. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Again, it is conjectured that bismuth is the end-product of the thorium series. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- A century later the same urgency was to sweep Germany into a series of bloody Peasant Wars. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There are three great series of strata beneath the Silurian system in Canada, in the lowest of which the Eozoon is found. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Shunt and series field-windings were added to the motor, and the series windings could be plugged in and out of circuit as desired. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Each series contains an emanation, or gas, which through the loss of α particles is transformed into the next following member of the series. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Thus all the clocks in the series could be regulated every hour, for the collapse of the clippers pushed the hand forward if it were too late, or thrust it back if it had gained. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- A series of turbines are set one after the other on the same axis, so that each takes steam from the preceding one, and passes it on to the next. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Again descending, it brought up another loop, enchained it with the one last made, making a chain stitch, consisting of a series of loops on the upper side. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Nichols was also with us for a short time conducting a special series of experiments. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It consists of a series of silk disks saturated with a sizing of plumbago and well dried. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The crusaders beleaguered Prague, but failed to take it, and they experienced a series of reverses that ended in their retreat from Bohemia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Quite late in his life he began a series of outspoken criticisms of the corruption of the clergy and the unwisdom of the church. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was a machine mounted on two wheels, that had a seed box in the bottom of which was a series of holes opening into a corresponding number of metal tubes or funnels. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- One good deed or one bad one is no measure of a man's character: the Last Judgment let us hope will be no series of decisions as simple as that. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- For the purpose of increased lucidity we will first show a plain multiple-series system. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Again, it is conjectured that bismuth is the end-product of the thorium series. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- A century later the same urgency was to sweep Germany into a series of bloody Peasant Wars. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There are three great series of strata beneath the Silurian system in Canada, in the lowest of which the Eozoon is found. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Shunt and series field-windings were added to the motor, and the series windings could be plugged in and out of circuit as desired. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Each series contains an emanation, or gas, which through the loss of α particles is transformed into the next following member of the series. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Thus all the clocks in the series could be regulated every hour, for the collapse of the clippers pushed the hand forward if it were too late, or thrust it back if it had gained. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- A series of turbines are set one after the other on the same axis, so that each takes steam from the preceding one, and passes it on to the next. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Again descending, it brought up another loop, enchained it with the one last made, making a chain stitch, consisting of a series of loops on the upper side. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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