series n
1. similar things placed in order or happening one after another; "they were investigating a series of bank robberies"
2. a serialized set of programs; "a comedy series"; "the Masterworks concert series" [syn: serial]
3. a periodical that appears at scheduled times [syn: serial, serial publication]
4. (sports) several contests played successively by the same teams; "the visiting team swept the series"
5. a group of postage stamps having a common theme or a group of coins or currency selected as a group for study or collection; "the Post Office issued a series commemorating famous American entertainers"; "his coin collection included the complete series of Indian-head pennies"
6. (mathematics) the sum of a finite or infinite sequence of expressions
7. (electronics) connection of components in such a manner that current flows first through one and then through the other; "the voltage divider consisted of a series of fixed resistors"

Series \Se"ries\, n. [L. series, fr. serere, sertum, to join or bind together; cf. Gr. ??? to fasten, Skr. sarit thread. Cf. Assert, Desert a solitude, Exert, Insert, Seraglio.]
1. A number of things or events standing or succeeding in order, and connected by a like relation; sequence; order; course; a succession of things; as, a continuous series of calamitous events. During some years his life a series of triumphs. --Macaulay.
2. (Biol.) Any comprehensive group of animals or plants including several subordinate related groups. Note: Sometimes a series includes several classes; sometimes only orders or families; in other cases only species.
3. (Math.) An indefinite number of terms succeeding one another, each of which is derived from one or more of the preceding by a fixed law, called the law of the series; as, an arithmetical series; a geometrical series.

Series \Se"ries\, n.
1. (Bot.) In Engler's system of plant classification, a group of families showing certain structural or morphological relationships. It corresponds to the cohort of some 220 catflap.bishopston.net dictd 1.11.2/rf on FreeBSD 8.1-STABLE <140399.72693.1287969993@catflap.bishopston.net>

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