series
Sentences
Meaning
- A number of things that follow on one after the other or are connected one after the other.
- A television or radio program consisting of several episodes that are broadcast at regular intervals.
- (UK) Synonym of season (“one of the groups of episodes that together make up a whole series”).
- The sequence of partial sums ∑ᵢ₌₁ⁿa_i of a given sequence aᵢ.
- A group of matches between two sides, with the aim being to win more matches than the opposition.
- The optional taxonomic rank above order/subseries, but below superorder.
- The optional taxonomic rank above group, but below epifamily.
- A subdivision of a genus, a taxonomic rank below that of section (and subsection) but above that of species.
- A parcel of rough diamonds of assorted qualities.
- A set of consonants that share a particular phonetic or phonological feature.
Synonyms
serial publication
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈsɪə.ɹiːz/
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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