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SERIES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(mathematics) the sum of a finite or infinite sequence of expressions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("series" is a kind of...):
multinomial; polynomial (a mathematical function that is the sum of a number of terms)
Domain category:
math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "series"):
power series (the sum of terms containing successively higher integral powers of a variable)
convergence; convergency (the approach of an infinite series to a finite limit)
divergence; divergency (an infinite series that has no limit)
geometric series (a geometric progression written as a sum)
Fourier series (the sum of a series of trigonometric expressions; used in the analysis of periodic functions)
exponential series (a series derived from the expansion of an exponential expression)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A periodical that appears at scheduled times
Synonyms:
serial; serial publication; series
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("series" is a kind of...):
periodical (a publication that appears at fixed intervals)
Meronyms (parts of "series"):
installment; instalment (a part of a published serial)
Meronyms (members of "series"):
issue; number (one of a series published periodically)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "series"):
biweekly (a periodical that is published twice a week or every two weeks (either 104 or 26 issues per year))
bimonthly (a periodical that is published twice a month or every two months (either 24 or 6 issues per year))
quarterly (a periodical that is published every quarter (or four issues per year))
monthly (a periodical that is published every month (or 12 issues per year))
semimonthly (a periodical that is published twice each month (or 24 issues per year))
weekly (a periodical that is published every week (or 52 issues per year))
semiweekly (a periodical that is published twice each week (or 104 issues per year))
Sense 3
Meaning:
A serialized set of programs
Example:
the Masterworks concert series
Synonyms:
serial; series
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("series" is a kind of...):
broadcast; program; programme (a radio or television show)
Meronyms (parts of "series"):
episode; installment; instalment (a part of a broadcast serial)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "series"):
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))
Sense 4
Meaning:
(sports) several contests played successively by the same teams
Example:
the visiting team swept the series
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("series" is a kind of...):
competition; contest (an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants)
Domain category:
athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "series"):
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)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Similar things placed in order or happening one after another
Example:
they were investigating a series of bank robberies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("series" is a kind of...):
order; ordering; ordination (logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "series"):
lanthanide series (the rare-earth elements with atomic numbers 57 through 71; having properties similar to lanthanum)
actinide series ((chemistry) a series of 15 radioactive elements with increasing atomic numbers from actinium to lawrencium)
helium group (the series of inert gases)
wave train (a succession of waves spaced at regular intervals)
succession (a group of people or things arranged or following in order)
string; train (a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding)
sequence (serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern)
blizzard; rash (a series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences)
patterned advance; progression (a series with a definite pattern of advance)
nexus (a connected series or group)
hierarchy (a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system)
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)
cycle (a series of poems or songs on the same theme)
course; line (a connected series of events or actions or developments)
cordon (a series of sentinels or of military posts enclosing or guarding some place or thing)
chain; concatenation (a series of things depending on each other as if linked together)
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)
Derivation:
serial (in regular succession without gaps)
serial (pertaining to or occurring in or producing a series)
serial (pertaining to or composed in serial technique)
Sense 6
Meaning:
A group of postage stamps having a common theme or a group of coins or currency selected as a group for study or collection
Example:
his coin collection included the complete series of Indian-head pennies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("series" is a kind of...):
group; grouping (any number of entities (members) considered as a unit)
Sense 7
Meaning:
(electronics) connection of components in such a manner that current flows first through one and then through the other
Example:
the voltage divider consisted of a series of fixed resistors
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("series" is a kind of...):
connectedness; connection; connexion (a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it))
Domain category:
electronics (the branch of physics that deals with the emission and effects of electrons and with the use of electronic devices)
Derivation:
serial (of or relating to the sequential performance of multiple operations)
Context examples:
Researchers of the University of Virginia School of Medicine recently discovered a series of channels that surround blood vessels within the brains of mice.
(Lymphatic Vessels Discovered in Central Nervous System, NIH)
The cell cycle consists of a series of steps during which the chromosomes and other cell material double to make two copies.
(Cell cycle, NCI Dictionary)
A series of analytical methods that provide information about nanoscale entities such as composition, structure and defects.
(Nanoparticle Characterization, NCI Thesaurus)
The book was an ordinary version book and contained little but a series of dates.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Record of a series of messages in the advertisements of a paper.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It was indeed the first of a series of events which affected not only my fortunes, but those of very much more important people.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The next ten or twelve pages were filled with a curious series of entries.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
An identifier that describes the relative position of physical examination data within a series.
(Physical Examination Sequence, NCI Thesaurus)
A series of x-rays of the kidneys.
(Nephrotomogram, NCI Dictionary)
A series of neurocognitive tests for children from 3 to 16 years of age.
(NEPSY, NCI Thesaurus)
