Series definition

A group or number of similar or related things arranged in a row.

A group or number of related or similar persons, things, or events coming one after another; sequence; succession.

The sum of a sequence of terms, for example 2 + 2² + 2³ + 2⁴ + 2⁵ + ...

(physics & chemistry) A group of objects related by linearly varying successive differences in form or configuration.

The definition of a series is a group or number of people or things which are related, similar or produced together.

A number of things produced as a related group; set, as of books or television programs, related in subject, format, etc., or dealing with the same characters.

(bowling) A set of three consecutive games.

(elec.) An arrangement of devices in a circuit, in which the current flows sequentially through a series of components.

(geol.) A subdivision of a system of stratified rocks, consisting of the rocks laid down during a geologic epoch.

(math.) The sum of a sequence, often infinite, of terms usually separated by plus signs or minus signs (Ex.: 1 + 3 + 5 + 7)

A group of rock formations closely related in time of origin and distinct as a group from other formations.

A securities license that commodities traders are required to hold. The license is issued by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) after the applicant passes the appropriate test. Continuing education requirements must also be met.

(linguistics) A set of vowels or diphthongs related by ablaut, as in sing, sang, sung, and song.

A succession of publications having similar subjects or similar formats.

A succession of regularly broadcast television programs, especially the set of episodes of a drama or sitcom.

(sports) A number of games played by the same two teams, often in succession.

(baseball) The World Series.

(rhetoric) A group of successive coordinate elements of a sentence.

(elec.) Designating or of a circuit in series.

A general securities license that allows the licensee to sell mutual funds, closed-end funds, and unit investment trusts. The National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) issues the license after the applicant passes the appropriate test. Continuing education requirements also must be met. This license is much more narrow than the Series 7 license, and thus it is easier to obtain.

The states’ securities licensing exams. The test for this license is taken after the applicant passes the Series 6 or Series 7 exam. Series 63 tests vary by state.

A test, also known as the Investment Advisor Examination, that must be passed in order to obtain a general securities license. This test focuses on knowledge of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rules that financial planners need to know, not on actual financial knowledge. This license is less well-known than Series 6 (mutual funds), Series 7 (general securities), and Series 63 (Blue Sky Law). However, financial planners must be registered with the SEC, so they have all taken the Series 65 exam. The license is issued by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) after the applicant passes the test. There are no continuing education requirements for this license.

A general securities license that allows the holder to execute transactions involving stocks, corporate bonds, government bonds, mutual funds, closed-end funds, limited partnerships, and options. A separate license, Series 3, is required to trade commodities. The license is issued by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) after the applicant passes the appropriate test. Continuing education require- ments also must be met.

(UK) A group of episodes of a television or radio program broadcast in regular intervals with a long break between each group, usually with one year between the beginning of each.

(electronics) Connected one after the other in a circuit.

A number of objects or events arranged or coming one after the other in succession.

A set of stamps, coins, or currency issued in a particular period.

(mathematics) The sum of a sequentially ordered finite or infinite set of terms.

(geology) A group of rock formations closely related in time of origin and distinct as a group from other formations.

(grammar) A succession of coordinate elements in a sentence.