'in series' definitions:
Definition of 'in series'
From: WordNet
adjective
Of or relating to the sequential performance of multiple operations; "serial processing" [syn: serial, in series(p), nonparallel]
Definition of 'in series'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- During some years his life a series of triumphs. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Biol.) Any comprehensive group of animals or plants including several subordinate related groups. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Sometimes a series includes several classes; sometimes only orders or families; in other cases only species. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 6. (Com.) A parcel of rough diamonds of assorted qualities. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Words containing 'in series'
- Serie,
- Series,
- Converging series,
- Decreasing series,
- Descending series,
- Divergent series,
- Diverging series,
- Ethylene series,
- Exponential series,
- Fat series,
- Fatty series,
- Harmonic series,
- Indeterminate series,
- Interscendent series,
- Methane series,
- Paraffin series,
- Phanerite series,
- Recurring series,
- Reversion of series,
- Series dynamo,
- Series motor,
- Series turns,
- Series winding,
- To revert a series,
- actinide series,
- alkane series,
- electrochemical series,
- electromotive series,
- fourier series,
- geometric series,
- gi series,
- lanthanide series,
- ordered series,
- power series,
- series circuit,
- time series,
- world series,
- Series-wound,
- electromotive force series,
- Darussalam Bandar Seri Begawan,
- paraffin little affinity series,
- The Mysticete or whalebone whales having no true teeth after birth but with a series of plates of whalebone see Baleen hanging down from the upper jaw on each side thus making a strainer through which they receive the small animals upon which they feed