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The definition of series
8 Definitions of: series
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- noun, a group or connected succession of similar or related things, usually arranged in order
- noun, a set of radio or television programmes having the same characters and setting but different stories
- noun, a set of books having the same format, related content, etc, published by one firm
- noun, a set of stamps, coins, etc, issued at a particular time
- noun, maths the sum of a finite or infinite sequence of numbers or quantities
- noun, electronics a) a configuration of two or more components connected in a circuit so that the same current flows in turn through each of them (esp in the phrase in series) b) (as modifier). Compare parallel
- noun, rhetoric a succession of coordinate elements in a sentence
- noun, geology a stratigraphical unit that is a subdivision of a system and represents the rocks formed during an epoch
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- noun, the infinite sequence of numbers, 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, etc, in which each member (Fibonacci number) is the sum of the previous two
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- noun, music a group of notes having a characteristic pattern or order that forms the basis of the musical material in a serial composition, esp one consisting of the twelve notes of the chromatic scale. Also called: note row. See also serialism, twelve-tone
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| Synonyms: | set, sequence, course, chain, succession, run, line, order, train, arrangement | And more... |
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