in series

Adjective

Synonyms: serial in series(p)nonparallel

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

of or relating to the sequential performance of multiple operations“serial processing”Synonyms: serial in series(p)nonparallel

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Series \Se"ries\, n. [L. series, fr. serere, sertum, to join or bind together; cf. Gr. ??? 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. [1913 Webster]

During some years his life a series of triumphs.— Macaulay.[1913 Webster]

2.(Biol.) Any comprehensive group of animals or plants including several subordinate related groups. [1913 Webster]

Note: Sometimes a series includes several classes; sometimes only orders or families; in other cases only species. [1913 Webster]

3.(Bot.) In Engler's system of plant classification, a group of families showing certain structural or morphological relationships. It corresponds to the cohort of some writers, and to the order of many modern systematists. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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. [1913 Webster]

5.(Elec.) A mode of arranging the separate parts of a circuit by connecting them successively end to end to form a single path for the current; -- opposed to parallel. The parts so arranged are said to be

in series. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

6.(Com.) A parcel of rough diamonds of assorted qualities. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]