series
- 1) noun, a group or connected succession of similar or related things, usually arranged in order
- 2) noun, a set of radio or television programmes having the same characters and setting but different stories
- 3) noun, a set of books having the same format, related content, etc, published by one firm
- 4) noun, a set of stamps, coins, etc, issued at a particular time
- 5) noun, maths the sum of a finite or infinite sequence of numbers or quantities
- 6) 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
- 7) noun, rhetoric a succession of coordinate elements in a sentence
- 8) noun, geology a stratigraphical unit that is a subdivision of a system and represents the rocks formed during an epoch
Etymology
C17: from Latin: a row, from serere to link
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Fibonacci sequence or series
- 1) 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
Etymology
named after Leonardo Fibonacci (?1170–?1250), Italian mathematician
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tone row or series
- 1) 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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set, sequence, course, chain, succession, run, line, order, train, arrangement, string, progression, drama, serial, soap (informal), sitcom (informal), soap opera, situation comedy