serial

Meanings

Plural: serials

Noun

• a serialized set of programs
• a periodical that appears at scheduled times
• A literary or dramatic work, such as a radio or television programme, published in installments, often numbered and without a specified end.
• A publication issued in successive parts, often numbered and with no predetermined end.
• A serial number, esp. one required to activate software.
• A unit of police officers equipped with shields to tackle a riot.

Adjective Satellite

• in regular succession without gaps
  • "serial concerts"
• of or relating to the sequential performance of multiple operations
  • "serial processing"

Adjective

• pertaining to or composed in serial technique
  • "serial music"
• pertaining to or occurring in or producing a series
  • "serial monogamy"
  • "serial killing"
  • "a serial killer"
  • "serial publication"

Adj

• Having to do with or arranged in a series.
• Who performs a specified action or course of action repeatedly or regularly.
• Published or produced in installments.
• Of or relating to a grammatical aspect relating to an action that is habitual and ongoing.

Verb

• to assign a serial number to (especially of aircraft)

Synonyms

career, consecutive, in series, nonparallel, sequent, sequential, serial publication, series, successive

Related Words

fascicle, seriate, seriatim, seriation, series, twelve tone technique

Anagrams of serial