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English Dictionary: Serial by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Serial
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
serial
adj
  1. in regular succession without gaps; "serial concerts"
    Synonym(s): consecutive, sequent, sequential, serial, successive
  2. pertaining to or composed in serial technique; "serial music"
  3. pertaining to or occurring in or producing a series; "serial monogamy"; "serial killing"; "a serial killer"; "serial publication"
  4. of or relating to the sequential performance of multiple operations; "serial processing"
    Synonym(s): serial, in series(p), nonparallel
n
  1. a serialized set of programs; "a comedy series"; "the Masterworks concert series"
    Synonym(s): serial, series
  2. a periodical that appears at scheduled times
    Synonym(s): series, serial, serial publication
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. [bd]Classification . . . may be more
            or less serial.[b8] --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.
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