Main Entry: se·ries

Pronunciation: \ˈsir-(ˌ)ēz\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural series

Usage: often attributive

Etymology: Latin, from serere to join, link together; akin to Greek eirein to string together, hormos chain, necklace, and perhaps to Latin sort-, sors lot

Date: 1611

1 a : a number of things or events of the same class coming one after another in spatial or temporal succession <a concert series> <the hall opened into a series of small rooms> b : a set of regularly presented television programs each of which is complete in itself
2 : the indicated sum of a usually infinite sequence of numbers
3 a : the coins or currency of a particular country and period b : a group of postage stamps in different denominations
4 : a succession of volumes or issues published with related subjects or authors, similar format and price, or continuous numbering
5 : a division of rock formations that is smaller than a system and comprises rocks deposited during an epoch
6 : a group of chemical compounds related in composition and structure
7 : an arrangement of the parts of or elements in an electric circuit whereby the whole current passes through each part or element without branching — compare parallel
8 : a set of vowels connected by ablaut (as i, a, u in ring, rang, rung)
9 : a number of games (as of baseball) played usually on consecutive days between two teams <in town for a 3-game series>
10 : a group of successive coordinate sentence elements joined together
11 : soil series
12 : three consecutive games in bowling

— in series : in a serial or series arrangement