serial number

noun

: a number indicating place in a series and used as a means of identification

Examples of serial number in a Sentence

the serial number of a computer
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Be sure to do that, as the serial number isn’t much use, and any existing drive label doesn’t come through. PC Magazine, 17 June 2025 The guitar’s serial number is not known, but there is a unique tell that will allow it to be authenticated, according to Agnesi; the inlay on its 12th fret is solid, not split like the others on the neck, which was standard for the ES-345 at the time. Gary Graff, Billboard, 3 June 2025 Gannon, one of 80 or 90 agents assigned to the case, testified that serial numbers had been defaced from gun parts possibly so that law enforcement could not trace them. Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 21 May 2025 Razor was charged with criminal possession of a firearm, weapons in a motor vehicle, alteration of a serial number, operating under suspension and possession of narcotics. Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 21 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for serial number

Word History

First Known Use

1838, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of serial number was in 1838

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“Serial number.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/serial%20number. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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serial number

noun
: a number showing place in a series and used as a means of identification
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