dictionary | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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Sounds | sih'riyz |
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Rhymes | Achilles, always, amenities, and 109 more rhymes in iyz at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Similar things placed in order or happening one after another. |
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Examples | "they were investigating a series of bank robberies" |
Narrower | actinide series; chain, concatenation; course, line; cycle; electromotive series, electromotive force series, electrochemical series; hierarchy; nexus; progression, patterned advance; rash, blizzard; sequence; string, train; succession; wave train; helium group; actinide series; lanthanide series |
Broader | ordering, order, ordination |
Adjectives | serial |
Meaning | A serialized set of programs. |
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Examples | "a comedy series"; "the Masterworks concert series" |
Synonyms | serial |
Parts | episode, installment, instalment |
Narrower | soap opera; tetralogy |
Broader | broadcast, program, programme |
Meaning | A periodical that appears at scheduled times. |
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Synonyms | serial, serial publication |
Members | issue, number |
Parts | installment, instalment |
Narrower | monthly; bimonthly; quarterly; weekly; biweekly |
Broader | periodical |
Meaning | (sports) several contests played successively by the same teams. |
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Examples | "the visiting team swept the series" |
Category | sport, athletics |
Narrower | home stand; World Series |
Broader | contest, competition |
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. |
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Examples | "the Post Office issued a series commemorating famous American entertainers"; "his coin collection included the complete series of Indian-head pennies" |
Broader | group, grouping |
Meaning | (mathematics) the sum of a finite or infinite sequence of expressions. |
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Category | mathematics, math, maths |
Narrower | power series; convergence, convergency; divergence, divergency; geometric series; Fourier series; exponential series |
Broader | polynomial, multinomial |
Meaning | (electronics) connection of components in such a manner that current flows first through one and then through the other. |
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Examples | "the voltage divider consisted of a series of fixed resistors" |
Category | electronics |
Broader | connection, connexion, connectedness |