serial
pronunciation
How to pronounce serial in British English:
UK [ˈsɪəriəl]
How to pronounce serial in American English:
US [ˈsɪriəl]
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- Noun:
- a serialized set of programs
- a periodical that appears at scheduled times
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- Adjective:
- in regular succession without gaps
- pertaining to or composed in serial technique
- pertaining to or occurring in or producing a series
- of or relating to the sequential performance of multiple operations
Word Origin
- serial (adj.)
- "coming in regular succession," 1840, from series + -al (1); popularized in reference to Dickens' novels, published one part at a time in periodicals (as opposed to all at once in a book). Found to be a useful word and given wide application. Serial number, indicating position in a series, first recorded 1866, originally of papers, packages, etc.; of soldiers from 1918. Serial killer is first attested 1981 (in relation to John Wayne Gacy and Ted Bundy), though serial had been used in connection with murders since the early 1960s. Related: Serially.
- serial (n.)
- 1846, from serial (adj.).
Synonym
Example
- 1. Plenty of serial entrepreneurs possess the same weakness .
- 2. This recovery 's serial disappointments suggest he 's right .
- 3. Parallelism handles complexity better than traditional supercomputers made of one huge , incredibly fast serial computer .
- 4. The transfer , even in a serial , was impossible , and she by her own choice lived the life she had entered upon .
- 5. He is also believed to have visited the state film company hundreds of times and produced a patriotic 100-part serial on north korean history .