series

Meanings

Plural: series, serieses

Noun

• 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"
• a periodical that appears at scheduled times
• (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
• 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.
• 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.
• An unranked taxon.
• 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

array, chain, consecution, line, program, season, sequence, serial, serial publication, serie, series, show, stream, string, succession, train

Related Words

serial, seriate, seriatim, seriation