'Series' definitions:
Definition of 'series'
From: WordNet
noun
Similar things placed in order or happening one after another; "they were investigating a series of bank robberies"
noun
A serialized set of programs; "a comedy series"; "the Masterworks concert series" [syn: serial, series]
noun
A periodical that appears at scheduled times [syn: series, serial, serial publication]
noun
(sports) several contests played successively by the same teams; "the visiting team swept the series"
noun
(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"
noun
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"
noun
(mathematics) the sum of a finite or infinite sequence of expressions
Definition of '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.]
Synonyms of 'series'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- Indian file,
- 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
Words containing 'Series'
- Serie,
- in 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