English dictionary
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English noun: series | |||
| 1. | series (group) similar things placed in order or happening one after another | ||
| Samples | They were investigating a series of bank robberies. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | order, ordering, ordination | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | actinide series, blizzard, chain, concatenation, cordon, course, cycle, electrochemical series, electromotive force series, electromotive series, helium group, hierarchy, lanthanide series, line, nexus, patterned advance, progression, rash, sequence, Stations, Stations of the Cross, string, succession, train, wave train | ||
| 2. | series (communication) a serialized set of programs | ||
| Samples | A comedy series. The Masterworks concert series. | ||
| Synonyms | serial | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | broadcast, program, programme | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | soap opera, tetralogy | ||
| Part holonym | episode, installment, instalment | ||
| 3. | series (communication) a periodical that appears at scheduled times | ||
| Synonyms | serial, serial publication | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | periodical | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bimonthly, biweekly, monthly, quarterly, semimonthly, semiweekly, weekly | ||
| Part holonym | installment, instalment | ||
| Member holonym | issue, number | ||
| 4. | series (event) (sports) several contests played successively by the same teams | ||
| Samples | The visiting team swept the series. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | competition, contest | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | home stand, World Series | ||
| Domain category | athletics, sport | ||
| 5. | series (electronics) connection of components in such a manner that current flows first through one and then through the other | ||
| Samples | The voltage divider consisted of a series of fixed resistors. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | connectedness, connection, connexion | ||
| Domain category | electronics | ||
| 6. | series (group) a group of postage stamps having a common theme or a group of coins or currency selected as a group for study or collection | ||
| Samples | The Post Office issued a series commemorating famous American entertainers. His coin collection included the complete series of Indian-head pennies. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | group, grouping | ||
| 7. | series (cognition) (mathematics) the sum of a finite or infinite sequence of expressions | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | multinomial, polynomial | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | convergence, convergency, divergence, divergency, exponential series, Fourier series, geometric series, power series | ||
| Domain category | math, mathematics, maths | ||
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