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Webster 1913 Edition


Series

Se′ries

,
Noun.
[L.
series
, fr.
serere
,
sertum
, to join or bind together; cf. Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] to fasten, Skr.
sarit
thread. Cf.
Assert
,
Desert
a solitude,
Exert
,
Insert
,
Seraglio
.]
1.
A number of things or events standing or succeeding in order, and connected by a like relation; sequence; order; course; a succession of things;
as, a continuous
series
of calamitous events
.
During some years his life a
series
of triumphs.
Macaulay.
2.
(Biol.)
Any comprehensive group of animals or plants including several subordinate related groups.
☞ Sometimes a series includes several classes; sometimes only orders or families; in other cases only species.
4.
(Math.)
An indefinite number of terms succeeding one another, each of which is derived from one or more of the preceding by a fixed law, called the law of the series;
as, an arithmetical
series
; a geometrical
series
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Series

SE'RIES

,
Noun.
[L. this word probably belongs to the Shemetic, the primary sense of which is to stretch or strain.]
1. A continued succession in the things of the same order, and bearing the same relation to each other; as a series of kings; a series of successors.
2. Sequence; order; course; succession of things; as a series of calamitous events.
3. In natural history, an order or subdivision of some class of natural bodies.
4. In arithmetic and algebra, a number of terms in succession, increasing or diminishing in a certain ratio; as arithmetical series and geometrical series. [See Progression.]

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sèries

sèries

See also: series, séries, sériés, and seríes

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Noun

sèries

  1. plural of sèrie