series

obsolete plural serieses

1. A number of things that follow on one after the other or are connected one after the other.

   A series of seemingly inconsequential events led cumulatively to the fall of the company.

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   When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him.[…]. The captive made no resistance and came not only quietly but in a series of eager little rushes like a timid dog on a choke chain.

   1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC

   Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible, there was widespread anger, leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures.

   2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21

   Synonyms: chain, line, sequence, stream, succession, array, chain, procession

2. broadcastingA television or radio program consisting of several episodes that are broadcast at regular intervals.

   Friends was one of the most successful television series in recent years.

   Synonyms: show, program

3. UKbroadcastingSynonym of season (“one of the groups of episodes that together make up a whole series”).

   I enjoyed the third series of Friends.

   Synonyms: season

4. mathematicsThe sequence of partial sums ∑ᵢ₌₁ⁿa_i of a given sequence aᵢ.

   The harmonic series has been much studied.

5. ball gamesA group of matches between two sides, with the aim being to win more matches than the opposition.

   The Blue Jays are playing the Yankees in a four-game series.

6. biologyThe optional taxonomic rank above order/subseries, but below superorder.
7. biologyThe optional taxonomic rank above group, but below epifamily.
8. biologyA subdivision of a genus, a taxonomic rank below that of section (and subsection) but above that of species.
9. businessA parcel of rough diamonds of assorted qualities.
10. human sciencesA set of consonants that share a particular phonetic or phonological feature.
11. datedA period, stretch of time.

    A series of ill health, however, rendered it expedient for him to return to England

    1806, The Authentic Memoirs of Lord Nelson

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    Is it credible that everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power, constitute only a part, and such a small part, of future punishment; and such too, as, after a series of torment, must, next to being made happy, be the most acceptable thing to befall them?

    1826, Charles Buck, “Destructionists”, in A Theological Dictionary