series

Noun
  1. Similar things placed in order or happening one after another (synset 108474987)
    "they were investigating a series of bank robberies"
    is a type of: order, ordering, ordination - logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements
    subtypes:
    • stations, stations of the cross - (Roman Catholic Church) a devotion consisting of fourteen prayers said before a series of fourteen pictures or carvings representing successive incidents during Jesus' passage from Pilate's house to his crucifixion at Calvary
    • chain, concatenation - a series of things depending on each other as if linked together
    • cordon - a series of sentinels or of military posts enclosing or guarding some place or thing
    • course, line - a connected series of events or actions or developments
    • cycle - a series of poems or songs on the same theme
    • electrochemical series, electromotive force series, electromotive series - a serial arrangement of metallic elements or ions according to their electrode potentials determined under specified conditions; the order shows the tendency of one metal to reduce the ions of any other metal below it in the series
    • hierarchy - a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system
    • nexus - a connected series or group
    • patterned advance, progression - a series with a definite pattern of advance
    • blizzard, rash - a series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences
    • sequence - serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern
    • string, train - a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding
    • succession - a group of people or things arranged or following in order
    • wave train - a succession of waves spaced at regular intervals
    • helium group - the series of inert gases
    • actinide series - (chemistry) a series of 15 radioactive elements with increasing atomic numbers from actinium to lawrencium
    • lanthanide series - the rare-earth elements with atomic numbers 57 through 71; having properties similar to lanthanum
  2. A serialized set of programs (synset 106633954)
    "a comedy series"; "the Masterworks concert series"
    is a type of: broadcast, program, programme - a radio or television show
    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)
    has: episode, installment, instalment - a part of a broadcast serial
    same as: serial
  3. A periodical that appears at scheduled times (synset 106606007)
    is a type of: periodical - a publication that appears at fixed intervals
    subtypes:
    • 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)
    member holonym: issue, number - one of a series published periodically
    has: installment, instalment - a part of a published serial
    same as: serial, serial publication
  4. (sports) several contests played successively by the same teams (synset 107480588)
    "the visiting team swept the series"
    referred to in: athletics, sport - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
    is a type of: competition, contest - an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
    subtypes:
    • home stand - a series of successive games played at a team's home field or court
    • world series - series that constitutes the playoff for the baseball championship
  5. (electronics) connection of components in such a manner that current flows first through one and then through the other (synset 113814122)
    "the voltage divider consisted of a series of fixed resistors"
    referred to in: electronics - the branch of physics that deals with the emission and effects of electrons and with the use of electronic devices
    is a type of: connectedness, connection, connexion - a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)
  6. A group of postage stamps having a common theme or a group of coins or currency selected as a group for study or collection (synset 108475515)
    "the Post Office issued a series commemorating famous American entertainers"; "his coin collection included the complete series of Indian-head pennies"
    is a type of: group, grouping - any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
  7. (mathematics) the sum of a finite or infinite sequence of expressions (synset 105871305)
    referred to in: math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement
    is a type of: multinomial, polynomial - a mathematical function that is the sum of a number of terms
    subtypes:

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