serial
Noun
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subtypes:
- soap opera - a serialized program usually dealing with sentimentalized family matters that is broadcast on radio or television (frequently sponsored by a company advertising soap products)
- tetralogy - a series of four related works (plays or operas or novels)
same as: series -
is a type of: periodical - a publication that appears at fixed intervalssubtypes:
- semiweekly - a periodical that is published twice each week (or 104 issues per year)
- weekly - a periodical that is published every week (or 52 issues per year)
- semimonthly - a periodical that is published twice each month (or 24 issues per year)
- monthly - a periodical that is published every month (or 12 issues per year)
- quarterly - a periodical that is published every quarter (or four issues per year)
- bimonthly - a periodical that is published twice a month or every two months (either 24 or 6 issues per year)
- biweekly - a periodical that is published twice a week or every two weeks (either 104 or 26 issues per year)
has: installment, instalment - a part of a published serialsame as: serial publication, series
Adjective
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similar to: ordered - having a systematic arrangement; especially having elements succeeding in order according to rule
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referred to in: music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
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referred to in: computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structuressimilar to: asynchronous - not synchronous; not occurring or existing at the same time or having the same period or phasesame as: in series, nonparallel
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