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See séries Image:RLC_series_circuit.png|thumb|A series circuit

English

Pronunciation

IPA: ˈsɪə.riːz
An audio transcript can be found at en-us-series.ogg

Etymology

From #Latin|series.

Noun

A number of things that follow on one after the other or are connected one after the other.
A television or radio program which consists of several episodes that are broadcast in regular intervals
:Friends was one of the most successful television series in recent years.
The sum of the terms of a sequence.
A group of matches between two sides; the aim being to win more matches than the opposition

Synonyms

(number of things that follow on one after the other): chain, line, sequence, stream, succession
(television or radio program): show, program

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Czech: {{t+|cs|řada|f}}
Croatian: {{t-|hr|red|m}}
Dutch: {{t+|nl|reeks|f}}, {{t+|nl|serie|f}}
Finnish:
French: {{t+|fr|suite|f}}, {{t+|fr|série|f}}

German: {{t+|de|Serie|f}}
Hungarian:
Italian: {{t+|it|serie|f}}
Spanish: {{t-|es|serie|f}}
Swedish: , ,
Hebrew: {{t-|he|סדרה|sc=Hebr}}

Croatian: {{t+|hr|serija|f}}
Czech {{t-|cs|seriál|m}}
Dutch: {{t+|nl|reeks|f}}, {{t+|nl|serie|f}}
Finnish:
French: {{t+|fr|série|f}}
German: {{t+|de|Serie|f}}

Hebrew: {{t-|he|סדרה|sc=Hebr}}
Hungarian:
Italian: {{t+|it|serie|f}}
Romanian: {{t-|ro|serie|f}}
Spanish: {{t-|es|serie|f}}
Swedish: ,

Croatian: {{t-|hr|red|m}}
Czech: {{t+|cs|řada|f}}
Danish: {{t|da|række|c}}
Dutch: {{t+|nl|reeks|f}}
Finnish:
French: {{t+|fr|série|f}}

German: {{t+|de|Reihe|f}}
Hungarian:
Italian: {{t+|it|serie|f}}
Spanish: {{t-|es|serie|f}}
Swedish: {{t+|sv|serie|c}}, {{t-|sv|oändlig summa|c}}, {{t+|sv|summa|c}}
Hebrew: {{t-|he|סדרה|sc=Hebr}}

Category:English invariant nouns

Adjective

Connected one after the other in a circuit.
:You have to connect the lights in series for them to work properly.

Antonyms

parallel (electronics)

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Dutch

Noun

series

{{plural of|serie#Dutch|serie|lang=Dutch}}

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Swedish

Noun

indefinite genitive singular of serie#Swedish|serie

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.]

WordNet 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"

Moby Dictionary
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