series: meaning and definitions

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What is series?

What is series?

  • A number of objects or events arranged or coming one after the other in succession.
  • A set of stamps, coins, or currency issued in a particular period.
  • Physics & Chemistry A group of objects related by linearly varying successive differences in form or configuration: a radioactive decay series; the paraffin alkane series.
  • Mathematics The sum of a sequentially ordered finite or infinite set of terms.
  • Geology A group of rock formations closely related in time of origin and distinct as a group from other formations.
  • Grammar A succession of coordinate elements in a sentence.
  • A succession of usually continuously numbered issues or volumes of a publication, published with related authors or subjects and similar formats.
  • A succession of regularly aired television programs, each one of which is complete in and of itself.
  • Sports A number of games played by the same two teams, often in succession.
  • Baseball The World Series.
  • Linguistics A set of vowels or diphthongs related by ablaut, as in sing, sang, sung, and song.
  • in series In an arrangement that forms a series.

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