Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Of, forming, or arranged in a series.
- adj. Published or produced in installments, as a novel or television drama.
- adj. Relating to such publication or production.
- adj. Responsible for a series of usually criminal acts over a period of time: a serial arsonist.
- adj. Music Relating to or based on a row of tones, especially the 12 pitches of the chromatic scale.
- adj. Computer Science Of or relating to the sequential transmission of all the bits of a byte over one wire: a serial port; a serial printer.
- adj. Computer Science Of or relating to the sequential performance of multiple operations: serial processing.
- n. A literary or dramatic work published or produced in installments.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Arranged or disposed in a series, rank, or row, as several like things set one after another; placed seriatim; successive, as beads on a string. Also seriate.
- Characterized by or exhibiting serial arrangement; having the nature or quality of a series; of or pertaining to series: as, serial homology (see homology).
- Published at regularly recurring or successive times; periodical, as a publication; pertaining to a serial.
- n. A tale or other composition published in successive numbers of a periodical.
- n. A work or publication issued in successive numbers; a periodical.
Wiktionary
- adj. Having to do with or arranged in a series.
- adj. Published or produced in installments.
- n. A work, as a work of fiction, published in installments, often numbered and without a specified end.
- n. computing, slang A serial number required to activate software.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Of or pertaining to a series; consisting of a series; appearing in successive parts or numbers.
- adj. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to rows.
- n. A publication appearing in a series or succession of part; a tale, or other writing, published in successive numbers of a periodical.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a periodical that appears at scheduled times
- adj. pertaining to or composed in serial technique
- adj. in regular succession without gaps
- n. a serialized set of programs
- adj. of or relating to the sequential performance of multiple operations
- adj. pertaining to or occurring in or producing a series
Etymologies
- 1840, in reference to the books of Charles Dickens (published in sequential parts, as a series). Formed as series + -al, on model of Latin seriālis, from seriēs + -ālis. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Trans have code numbers and serial numbers the numbers for the one i put in are550 serial# cd-68-330746?”
“DriveGet, serial, serial, % drv%; volume serial number msgbox, Drive = % drv% ` nNAME = % drivename% ` nStatus = % status% ` nType = % type% ` nCapacity = % cap% ` nFree = % free% ` nFAT = % fs% ` nSerialNumber = % serial%”
“Langton disliked using the term serial killer and mentioned it only once, but during the questioning the journalists were quick to bring up the Ripper murder case.”
“They're very hesitant to use the term serial killer.”
“COOPER: I talked to the captain in charge of this the other -- (UNINTELLIGIBLE) -- last night, who said that, I mean, they're not using the term serial killer yet.”
“I mean, are you using the term serial killer at this point?”
“We're probably all familiar with the term serial killer, mass murderer and spree killer.”
“If the term serial entrepreneur suggests something a bit sinister, it's not without good reason-one does have to be a little crazy to start two, three, or as many as seven companies.”
“The young pit bull, named "Dex" after the title serial killer on Showtime's "Dexter," had”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘serial’.
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Visuals
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EN - confusables
Similar words meaning different things
torturous, wreathe, tortuous, wreath, titivate, titillate, stationary, storey, septic, principal, principle, story and 134 more...
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botello360's list
ruminate, steel, bifurcation, arrivederci, portage, tactile, ruminant, rift, anecdotage, diacritic, cud, hull and 399 more...
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Literally Literary
Words about literature
novel, novella, drabble, serial, mystery, science fiction, fantasy, epic fantasy, science-fantasy, romance, thriller, fiction and 13 more...
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What the Dickens!
Words and phrases coined or made popular by Charles Dickens.
Sources: http://thewordmaven.wordpress.com...Scrooge, Pecksniffian, Pickwickian, Faginesque, Bumble, Dolly Varden, Uriah Heap, Dickensian, micawber, podsnappery, A-1, ain’t and 18 more...
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andrey226's list
my first list
twitter, swift, druid, hexagon, serial, cereal, frosted flakes, apple, 420, mac, sims, ipod and 2 more...
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Cataloger words
series, serial, entry, uniform title, authority, location, access, holdings, marc, aacr2, oclc, fixed field and 18 more...
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allsuffocation's Words
incessantly, ridiculous, odd, strange, amazing, fantastic, unique, terrible, terribly, stupid, super, sway and 77 more...
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affinity, terminal, opaque, serial, wrapt, artisan, trespass
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