series

Plural

series

1. 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.

2. 2.A 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.

3. 3.The sequence of partial sums ∑ᵢ₌₁ⁿa_i of a given sequence aᵢ.

   • The harmonic series has been much studied.

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

   • I enjoyed the third series of Friends.

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