n.
(pl. same)
- a number of similar or related things coming one after another.
▸a set of books, periodicals, etc., published in a common format.
▸a set of stamps, banknotes, or coins issued at a particular time.
- a sequence of related television or radio programmes.
- Music another term for tone row.
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[as modifier]
having or denoting electrical components connected in series.
- Geology a range of strata corresponding to an epoch in time, being a subdivision of a system and itself subdivided into stages.
- Mathematics a set of quantities constituting a progression or having values determined by a common relation.
Phrase
- in series
(of electrical components or circuits) arranged so that the current passes through each successively.
Etymology
C17: from L., lit. ‘row, chain’, from serere ‘join’.