SERIES | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

early 17th century: from Latin, literally ‘row, chain’, from serere ‘join, connect’

a number of events, objects, or people of a similar or related kind coming one after another

several events, objects, or people of similar or related kind coming one after another

• the explosion was the latest in a series of accidents
• he gave a series of lectures on modern art

a set or sequence of related television or radio programmes

set or sequence of related television or radio programmes

• a new drama series

denoting electrical circuits or components arranged so that the current passes through each successively

denoting electrical circuits or components arranged so that current passes through each successively

• a series circuit
• the series connection of the two coils

(in chronostratigraphy) a range of strata corresponding to an epoch in time, being a subdivision of a system and itself subdivided into stages

(in chronostratigraphy) range of strata corresponding to epoch in time

• the Pliocene series

a set of elements with common properties or of compounds related in composition or structure

set of elements with common properties or of compounds

• the metals of the lanthanide series

a set of quantities constituting a progression or having the several values determined by a common relation.

set of quantities constituting progression or having several values determined by common relation

a group of speech sounds having at least one phonetic feature in common but distinguished in other respects

group of speech sounds having at least one phonetic feature in common but distinguished in other respects

• the voiced plosive series [b], [d], [g]