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series

noun
/ˈsɪə.ɹiːz/UK/ˈsɪɹ.iz/US/ˈsɪɹ.iz/CA/ˈsɪə.ɹiːz/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ser-der. Proto-Italic *serō Latin serō Proto-Italic *-jēs Latin -iēs Latin seriēsbor. English series Attested from the 1610s; borrowed from Latin seriēs, from serere (“to join together, bind”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind, put together, to line up”). Related to desert, insert, sermon, and sorcerer.

  1. derived from *ser-✻ — “to bind, put together, to line up”
  2. borrowed from seriēs

Definitions

  1. A number of things that follow on one after the other or are connected one after the…

    A number of things that follow on one after the other or are connected one after the other.

    • A series of seemingly inconsequential events led cumulatively to the fall of the company.

  2. A television or radio program consisting of several episodes that are broadcast at…

    A television or radio program consisting of several episodes that are broadcast at regular intervals.

    • Friends was one of the most successful television series in recent years.

  3. Synonym of season (“one of the groups of episodes that together make up a whole series”).

    • I enjoyed the third series of Friends.
  4. ›+ 7 more definitions

    1. The sequence of partial sums ∑ᵢ₌₁ⁿa_i of a given sequence aᵢ.

      • The harmonic series has been much studied.

    2. A group of matches between two sides, with the aim being to win more matches than the…

      A group of matches between two sides, with the aim being to win more matches than the opposition.

      • The Blue Jays are playing the Yankees in a four-game series.

    3. The optional taxonomic rank above order/subseries, but below superorder.

    4. The optional taxonomic rank above group, but below epifamily.

    5. A subdivision of a genus, a taxonomic rank below that of section (and subsection) but…

      A subdivision of a genus, a taxonomic rank below that of section (and subsection) but above that of species.

    6. A parcel of rough diamonds of assorted qualities.

    7. A set of consonants that share a particular phonetic or phonological feature.

The neighborhood

Derived

arithmetic series, Balmer series, basic hypergeometric series, Brackett series, confluent hypergeometric series, formal power series, geometric series, Humphreys series, hypergeometric series, Lyman series, Paschen series, Pfund series, power series, uranium series, wavelet series

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for series. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA