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series
[ seer-eez ]
/ ĖsÉŖÉr iz /
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noun, plural seĀ·ries.
adjective
Electricity. consisting of or having component parts connected in series: a series circuit; a series generator.
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Origin of series
First recorded in 1605ā15; from Latin seriÄs; akin to serere āto connectā
synonym study for series
1. Series, sequence, succession are terms for an orderly following of things one after another. Series is applied to a number of things of the same kind, usually related to each other, arranged or happening in order: a series of baseball games. Sequence stresses the continuity in time, thought, cause and effect, etc.: The scenes came in a definite sequence. Succession implies that one thing is followed by another or others in turn, usually though not necessarily with a relation or connection between them: succession to a throne; a succession of calamities.
OTHER WORDS FROM series
mulĀ·tiĀ·seĀ·ries, noun, plural mulĀ·tiĀ·seĀ·ries.subĀ·seĀ·ries, noun, plural subĀ·seĀ·ries.suĀ·perĀ·seĀ·ries, noun, plural suĀ·perĀ·seĀ·ries.Words nearby series
sericin, sericite, serictery, sericulture, seriema, series, series circuit, series comma, series resonance, series-wound, serif
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British Dictionary definitions for series
series
/ (ĖsÉŖÉriĖz, -rÉŖz) /
noun plural -ries
Word Origin for series
C17: from Latin: a row, from serere to link
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Medical definitions for series
series
[ sĆ®rā²Äz ]
n. pl. series
A number of objects or events arranged or coming one after the other in succession.
A group of objects related by linearly varying successive differences in form or configuration, as in a radioactive decay series.
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Scientific definitions for series
series
[ sĆ®rā²Äz ]
The sum of a sequence of terms, for example 2 + 22 + 23 + 24 + 25 + ā¦
A group of rock formations closely related in time of origin and distinct as a group from other formations.
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