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Se"ries (?), n. [L. series, fr. serere, sertum, to join or bind together; cf. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; 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.
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During some years his life a series of triumphs. Macaulay.
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2. (Biol.) Any comprehensive group of animals or plants including several subordinate related groups.
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&hand_; Sometimes a series includes several classes; sometimes only orders or families; in other cases only species.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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6. (Com.) A parcel of rough diamonds of assorted qualities.
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