serial
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
Library Science. a publication in any medium issued in successive parts bearing numerical or chronological designation and intended to be continued indefinitely.
published in installments or successive parts: a serial story.
pertaining to such publication.
pertaining to, arranged in, or consisting of a series.
occurring in a series rather than simultaneously: serial marriage; serial murders.
effecting or producing a series of similar actions: The police think a serial killer is responsible for five homicides in this city last month.
Computers.
Music. of, relating to, or composed in serial technique.
Origin of serial
1Other words from serial
- se·ri·al·ly, adverb
- non·se·ri·al, noun, adjective
- non·se·ri·al·ly, adverb
Words that may be confused with serial
- cereal, serial
Words Nearby serial
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How to use serial in a sentence
“Very few people have the capacity to do serial sampling, but in Brazil it’s mandatory to save samples, so we could,” says Sabino.
A city in Brazil where covid-19 ran amok may be a ‘sentinel’ for the rest of the world | Amy Nordrum | September 22, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewIn 2018, we saw the takedown of countless serial sexual harassers from positions of power because a number of women were fed up enough to take the risk and break their NDAs.
NDAs bear blame for some of the worst corporate cover-ups. How that should change | jakemeth | September 18, 2020 | FortuneQuantumScape was founded in 2010 by CEO Jagdeep Singh, a serial entrepreneur who previously founded and sold companies including Lightera Networks, bought by Ciena in 1999 for $1 billion.
Bill Gates–backed EV battery startup to go public using Wall Street’s latest buzzy trick | Aaron Pressman | September 3, 2020 | FortuneThe bottles carrying the swab samples will contain no personal data, either, besides a serial number identifying the patient.
Hong Kong’s new mass COVID testing scheme is free and voluntary—and some citizens are suspicious | eamonbarrett | August 26, 2020 | FortuneA self-styled hacker and coder, he worked for Microsoft in the early 1990s before becoming a serial entrepreneur.
But when a serial sex predator is playing fanboy, the gag reflex kicks in.
Sleazy Billionaire’s Double Life Featured Beach Parties With Stephen Hawking | M.L. Nestel | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTHell, he says Koenig never referred to it as serial or even as a podcast.
The Deal With Serial’s Jay? He’s Pissed Off, Mucks Up Our Timeline | Emily Shire | December 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn all fairness to Jay, he told The Intercept that he never expected to be a major figure in serial.
The Deal With Serial’s Jay? He’s Pissed Off, Mucks Up Our Timeline | Emily Shire | December 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTInterviews in serial (including ones from Adnan) do acknowledge that Jay was known as a resident bad boy at Woodlawn High School.
The Deal With Serial’s Jay? He’s Pissed Off, Mucks Up Our Timeline | Emily Shire | December 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut for me, this admittance of uncertainty and doubts grounds serial in reality.
Adnan Killed Her! No, Jay Did It! Serial’s Uncertain, True-to-Reality End | Emily Shire | December 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTYet it was perfect as regards the paper and printing—even to its black serial number.
The Doctor of Pimlico | William Le QueuxThe magazine might pay as much as five hundred dollars for the serial rights—and with that start, they would surely be safe.
Love's Pilgrimage | Upton SinclairOn the other hand, you can prepare to dispose of the serial rights of the Schooner Farallone: a most grim and gloomy tale.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) | Robert Louis StevensonWhereupon Brodrick inquired with positively formidable politeness, how the new serial was getting on.
The Creators | May SinclairThis may be styled a serial arrangement of sentences, since in such a case each contributes to the topic only as one in a chain.
English: Composition and Literature | W. F. (William Franklin) Webster
British Dictionary definitions for serial
/ (ˈsɪərɪəl) /
a novel, play, etc, presented in separate instalments at regular intervals
a publication, usually regularly issued and consecutively numbered
of, relating to, or resembling a series
published or presented as a serial
of or relating to such publication or presentation
computing of or operating on items of information, instructions, etc, in the order in which they occur: Compare parallel (def. 5)
of, relating to, or using the techniques of serialism
logic maths (of a relation) connected, transitive, and asymmetric, thereby imposing an order on all the members of the domain, as less than on the natural numbers: See also ordering
Origin of serial
1Derived forms of serial
- serially, adverb
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