serial

[se·ri·al]

Serial means arranged in a series. If you get a serial number with your new phone, that's a number assigned to the phone when it was made, to distinguish it from all the other phones.

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Of or pertaining to a series; consisting of a series; appearing in successive parts or numbers; as, a serial work or publication.

Noun
a periodical that appears at scheduled times

Noun
a serialized set of programs; "a comedy series"; "the Masterworks concert series"

Adjective S.
in regular succession without gaps; "serial concerts"

Adjective S.
of or relating to the sequential performance of multiple operations; "serial processing"

Adjective
pertaining to or occurring in or producing a series; "serial monogamy"; "serial killing"; "a serial killer"; "serial publication"

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Adjective
pertaining to or composed in serial technique; "serial music"


a.
Of or pertaining to a series; consisting of a series; appearing in successive parts or numbers; as, a serial work or publication.

a.
Of or pertaining to rows.

n.
A publication appearing in a series or succession of part; a tale, or other writing, published in successive numbers of a periodical.


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. "Classification . . . may be more or less serial." H. Spencer. 2. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to rows. Gray. Serial homology. (Biol.) See under Homology. -- Serial symmetry. (Biol.) See under Symmetry.

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.

Of or pertaining to a series; consisting of a series; appearing in successive parts or numbers; as, a serial work or publication.

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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Usage Examples

What I want to do is tell stories about normal people in the American suburbs. I don't write the book where it's a conspiracy reaching the prime minister I don't write the book with the big serial killer who lops off heads. My setting is a very placid pool of suburbia, family life. And within that I can make pretty big splashes.

While we are being fascinated by the tales of famous serial killers and how they were brought to justice, the real serial killer goes about his business with hardly a thought to being caught.

I think serial monogamy says it all.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

In reality, serial killers are of average intelligence.

IT is mere coincidence that Cooper was born in the year which produced The Power of Sympathy and that when he died Uncle Tom's Cabin was passing through its serial stage, and yet the limits of his life mark almost exactly the first great period of American fiction.

Electronic music used pure sounds, completely calibrated. You had to think digitally, as it were, in a way that allowed you to extend serial ideas into other parameters through technology.

I'm so sick of hearing how there's no strong roles for women. I don't care about strong roles. I just want to see women who are characters! A nun, a serial killer, a housewife, as long as there's some depth there.

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