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serial

  • adjective
  • /ˈsɪə.ɹɪ.əl/

Having to do with or arranged in a series.

Other meanings

  1. Who performs a specified action or course of action repeatedly or regularly.

    “The serial killer had a string of victims across seven states.”

  2. Published or produced in installments.

Related words

  • biserial
  • multiserial
  • nonserial
  • pauciserial
  • polyserial
  • postserial
  • quadriserial
  • quinqueserial
  • rectiserial
  • serialise
  • serialism
  • serialist

Word history

From Latin "seriālis".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “serial” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.