Series

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              During some years his life a series of triumphs.
                                                    --Macaulay.
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     2. (Biol.) Any comprehensive group of animals or plants
        including several subordinate related groups.
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     Note: Sometimes a series includes several classes; sometimes
           only orders or families; in other cases only species.
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     3. (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.
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     4. (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.
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     5. (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}.
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     6. (Com.) A parcel of rough diamonds of assorted qualities.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  series
       n 1: similar things placed in order or happening one after
            another; "they were investigating a series of bank
            robberies"
       2: a serialized set of programs; "a comedy series"; "the
          Masterworks concert series" [syn: {serial}]
       3: a periodical that appears at scheduled times [syn: {serial},
           {serial publication}]
       4: (sports) several contests played successively by the same
          teams; "the visiting team swept the series"
       5: 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"
       6: (mathematics) the sum of a finite or infinite sequence of
          expressions
       7: (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"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  148 Moby Thesaurus words for "series":
     Indian file, alternation, array, arsis, articulation, back number,
     bank, battery, beat, biotype, block, bout, branch, buzz, category,
     catena, catenation, chain, chain reaction, chaining, chasing,
     circle, circuit, class, collection, column, coming after,
     concatenation, connection, consecution, consecutiveness,
     continuance, continuation, continuity, continuum, copy, course,
     cycle, descent, diastole, dogging, downbeat, drone, edition,
     endless belt, endless round, extension, family, file, filiation,
     following, gamut, genotype, genus, geometrical progression,
     gradation, group, heeling, hounding, hum, impression, issue,
     kingdom, kit, library, library edition, line, lineage,
     logical sequence, monotone, nexus, number, order,
     order of succession, outfit, pack, pendulum, periodicity, phylum,
     plenum, posteriority, postposition, powder train, printing,
     procession, progression, prolongation, pulse, pursual, pursuance,
     pursuit, queue, range, rank, recurrence, reticulation, revolution,
     rotation, round, routine, row, run, scale, school edition, section,
     sequel, sequence, set, shadowing, single file, species, spectrum,
     spell, string, subclass, subfamily, subgenus, subjunction,
     subkingdom, suborder, subspecies, subtribe, succession,
     successiveness, suffixation, suit, suite, superclass, superfamily,
     superorder, superspecies, swath, systole, tailing, thesis, thread,
     tier, trade book, trade edition, trailing, train, tribe, turn,
     upbeat, variety, volume, wheel, windrow