serial

se·rial (sir′ē əl)

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.
1. of or for the transmission of a byte of data one bit at a time, over a single wire a serial port
2. having to do with the performing of multiple operations one after the other serial processing
Music
1. 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
2. loosely twelve-tone

Etymology: ModL serialis < L series, a row, order, series

noun

1. a novel, story, film, etc. published or presented in serial form
2. any of the separate parts or episodes
a periodical publication

se′·ri·ally adverb

modif.

installment, serial picture, continued story, series, weekly program; see also movie.

Converse of object

hold: SUNCAT is now the most comprehensive source of information about the location of serials held in libraries throughout the UK.
publish: The most important modern source is the collection of South Asian newspapers and serials published in the UK and received under legal deposit.
print: I'm printing serial, my baud rate is at 9600, and intermittently the printer will lose data.
produce: In 1941 she produced a serial in the Scottish Guardian entitled " Adrian was a Priest " which was utterly ghastly.

Adjective modifier

electronic: Do a Keyword search for ' electronic serial counseling ' .
popular: The fictional Highlands town of Carnbeg first appeared in his popular radio serial, The Hydro.
original: Comments: Played by George Wallace in the original serial, and Judd Holdren in the subsequent 12 part series.
new: From June 1937, a new aircraft serial numbering system was introduced.

Modifies a noun

killer: For there is a serial killer loose upon the streets of Toy City.
port: Will the internal serial port accept 7 or 8 bit word length?
entrepreneur: As a serial entrepreneur and business angel, Stuart has the Midas touch.
cable: Cables Here's a few cable diagrams for serial cables.
rapist: Police are working hard to catch a serial rapist who has now struck ten times, nine of those over the past three months.
interface: Data can be logged to a PC via the serial interface which has the capacity to handle up to 256 units.

Noun used with modifier

9-pin: I need to know that correct device name for the 9-pin serial port.
multiport: So multiport serial cards are not as significant as they once were.
thriller: Such a situation is found in the new six-part Sunday thriller serial, The Sleeper, which begins tonight.
photocard: The season ticket must show the photocard serial number.
drama: Broadcasting a drama serial which deals with issues of psychology and paranormal in primetime Saturday night deserves brownie points.
PC: Inside the box you get a small camera and a USB connecting lead along with a PC serial cable.

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