Hypertext Webster Gateway: "serial"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Serial \Se"ri*al\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to a series; consisting of a series;
appearing in successive parts or numbers; as, a serial
work or publication. ``Classification . . . may be more or
less serial.'' --H. Spencer.
2. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to rows. --Gray.
{Serial homology}. (Biol.) See under {Homology}.
{Serial symmetry}. (Biol.) See under {Symmetry}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Serial \Se"ri*al\, n.
A publication appearing in a series or succession of part; a
tale, or other writing, published in successive numbers of a
periodical.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
serial
adj 1: in regular succession without gaps; "serial concerts" [syn:
{consecutive}, {sequent}, {sequential}, {successive}]
2: (music) pertaining to or composed in serial technique;
"serial music"
3: pertaining to or occurring in or producing a series; "serial
monogamy" or "serial killing"; "a serial killer"
4: (computer science) of or relating to the sequential
performance of multiple operations; "serial processing"
[syn: {in series(p)}, {nonparallel}]
n 1: a serialized set of programs; "a comedy series"; "the
Masterworks concert series" [syn: {series}]
2: a periodical that appears at scheduled times [syn: {series},
{serial publication}]
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