: a number indicating place in a series and used as a means of identification
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the serial number of a computer
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The gun — which did not have a serial number and was therefore untraceable, a kind of weapon known as a ghost gun — was not loaded, police said.—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2026 Use your smartphone to take pictures or videos of each room in your home — open closets and drawers, and record the serial numbers of items like appliances and electronics.—Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 29 May 2026 Following a search, the 16-year-old was charged with having a machine gun conversion device and two counts of manufacturing a firearm without a serial number, according to Reinert.—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2026 This time, the serial number on the scratcher ended in 17.—Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 28 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for serial number