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Series

//ˈsɪə.ɹiːz// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A number of things that follow on one after the other or are connected one after the other.

    "A series of seemingly inconsequential events led cumulatively to the fall of the company."

  2. 2
    (mathematics) the sum of a finite or infinite sequence of expressions wordnet
  3. 3
    A television or radio program consisting of several episodes that are broadcast at regular intervals.

    "“Friends” was one of the most successful television series in recent years."

  4. 4
    a periodical that appears at scheduled times wordnet
  5. 5
    Synonym of season (“one of the groups of episodes that together make up a whole series”). UK

    "I enjoyed the third series of “Friends”."

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  1. 6
    a serialized set of programs wordnet
  2. 7
    The sequence of partial sums ∑ᵢ₌₁ⁿa_i of a given sequence aᵢ.

    "The harmonic series has been much studied."

  3. 8
    (sports) several contests played successively by the same teams wordnet
  4. 9
    A group of matches between two sides, with the aim being to win more matches than the opposition.

    "The Blue Jays are playing the Yankees in a four-game series."

  5. 10
    similar things placed in order or happening one after another wordnet
  6. 11
    The optional taxonomic rank above order/subseries, but below superorder.
  7. 12
    a group of postage stamps having a common theme or a group of coins or currency selected as a group for study or collection wordnet
  8. 13
    The optional taxonomic rank above group, but below epifamily.
  9. 14
    (electronics) connection of components in such a manner that current flows first through one and then through the other wordnet
  10. 15
    A subdivision of a genus, a taxonomic rank below that of section (and subsection) but above that of species.
  11. 16
    A parcel of rough diamonds of assorted qualities.
  12. 17
    A set of consonants that share a particular phonetic or phonological feature.

Etymology

Attested from the 1610s; borrowed from Latin seriēs, from serere (“to join together, bind”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind, put together, to line up”). Related to desert, insert, sermon, and sorcerer.

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