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English Dictionary: series	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for series
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
series n similar things placed in order or happening one after another; "they were investigating a series of bank robberies" a serialized set of programs; "a comedy series"; "the Masterworks concert series" Synonym(s): serial, series a periodical that appears at scheduled times Synonym(s): series, serial, serial publication (sports) several contests played successively by the same teams; "the visiting team swept the series" (electronics) connection of components in such a manner that current flows first through one and then through the other; "the voltage divider consisted of a series of fixed resistors" a group of postage stamps having a common theme or a group of coins or currency selected as a group for study or collection; "the Post Office issued a series commemorating famous American entertainers"; "his coin collection included the complete series of Indian-head pennies" (mathematics) the sum of a finite or infinite sequence of expressions
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Series \Se"ries\, n. [L. series, fr. serere, sertum, to join or bind together; cf. Gr. [?][?][?] to fasten, Skr. sarit thread. Cf. {Assert}, {Desert} a solitude, {Exert}, {Insert}, {Seraglio}.] 1. A number of things or events standing or succeeding in order, and connected by a like relation; sequence; order; course; a succession of things; as, a continuous series of calamitous events. During some years his life a series of triumphs. --Macaulay. 2. (Biol.) Any comprehensive group of animals or plants including several subordinate related groups. Note: Sometimes a series includes several classes; sometimes only orders or families; in other cases only species. 3. (Math.) An indefinite number of terms succeeding one another, each of which is derived from one or more of the preceding by a fixed law, called the law of the series; as, an arithmetical series; a geometrical series.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Series \Se"ries\, n. 1. (Bot.) In Engler's system of plant classification, a group of families showing certain structural or morphological relationships. It corresponds to the {cohort} of some writers, and to the {order} of many modern systematists. 2. (Elec.) A mode of arranging the separate parts of a circuit by connecting them successively end to end to form a single path for the current; -- opposed to {parallel}. The parts so arranged are said to be {in series}. 3. (Com.) A parcel of rough diamonds of assorted qualities.