serial

serial
se•ri•al
[[t]ˈsɪər i əl[/t]] n.
1) anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine
2) lib a publication, as a periodical, issued in successive parts bearing numerical or chronological designations
3) cv sbz published or presented in installments or successive parts
4) cv sbz pertaining to such publication or presentation:
serial rights to a novel[/ex]
5) soc of, pertaining to, or arranged in a series
6) soc occurring in a series:
serial murders[/ex]
7) responsible for a series of murders:
a serial killer[/ex]
8) cmp pertaining to or supporting the transfer of electronic data in a stream of sequential bits
(disting. from parallel 6), b)).
9) mad of, pertaining to, or employing serialism
Etymology: 1835–45 se′ri•al•ly, adv.

From formal English to slang. 2014.

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