Series meaning

What does “series” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“series” is a noun with 7 meanings. Its most common meaning is: similar things placed in order or happening one after another.

series

noun

  1. similar things placed in order or happening one after another

    “they were investigating a series of bank robberies”

  2. a serialized set of programs

    “a comedy series”

    “the Masterworks concert series”

    Synonymsserial
  3. a periodical that appears at scheduled times

  4. (sports) several contests played successively by the same teams

    “the visiting team swept the series”

  5. (electronics) connection of components in such a manner that current flows first through one and then through the other

    “the voltage divider consisted of a series of fixed resistors”

  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

    “the Post Office issued a series commemorating famous American entertainers”

    “his coin collection included the complete series of Indian-head pennies”

  7. (mathematics) the sum of a finite or infinite sequence of expressions

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University

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