serial
adjective
- of, arranged in, or forming a series: serial numbers
- appearing, published, issued, etc. in a series or succession of continuous parts at regular intervals
- of a serial or serials: serial rights to a novel
- committing an act, usually a criminal act, repeatedly and, typically, compulsively: a serial murderer
- Comput.
- of or for the transmission of a byte of data one bit at a time, over a single wire: a serial port
- having to do with the performing of multiple operations one after the other: serial processing
- Music
- designating or of a technique of composition in which various components of music, as pitch, rhythm, dynamics, etc., are arranged in an arbitrary order (a row or set) which serves as a basis for development
- loosely twelve-tone
noun
- a novel, story, film, etc. published or presented in serial form
- any of the separate parts or episodes
- a periodical publication
See serial in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(sîrˈē-əl)
adjective- Of, forming, or arranged in a series.
a. Published or produced in installments, as a novel or television drama.
b. Relating to such publication or production.
- Responsible for a series of usually criminal acts over a period of time: a serial arsonist.
- Music Relating to or based on a row of tones, especially the 12 pitches of the chromatic scale.
- Computer Science
a. Of or relating to the sequential transmission of all the bits of a byte over one wire: a serial port; a serial printer.
b. Of or relating to the sequential performance of multiple operations: serial processing.
noun A literary or dramatic work published or produced in installments.
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