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Serial : adj
1: in regular succession without gaps; "serial concerts" [syn:
consecutive, sequent, sequential, successive]
2: pertaining to or composed in serial technique; "serial
music"
3: pertaining to or occurring in or producing a series; "serial
monogamy"; "serial killing"; "a serial killer"; "serial
publication"
4: of or relating to the sequential performance of multiple
operations; "serial processing" [syn: in series(p), nonparallel]
(noun)
1: a serialized set of programs; "a comedy series"; "the
Masterworks concert series" [syn: series]
2: a periodical that appears at scheduled times [syn: series,
serial publication]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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