Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Arranged or occurring in a series or in rows.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To put into the form of a series, or a connected or orderly sequence.
- Arranged in a series or order; serial.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Arranged in a series or succession; pertaining to a series.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To arrange in serial order.
- adjective Arranged in
serial order.
Etymologies
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series + -ate
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Examples
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Spikelets 1 - or more-flowered, sessile, 1 - to 2 - or more-seriate on the rachis of a simple spike, or partially sunk in cavities of the same.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
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When the nest is new, I think I see a reason why the Mason-bee should seriate her laying into females and then males.
Bramble-Bees and Others Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
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[To the honorable seriate and house of representatives, April 1, 1907.]
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