serie

‖n. [ Native name. ] (Zool.) either of two large South American birds related to the cranes, the cariama of Southern Brazil (Cariama cristata, formerly Dicholophus cristata) or the Chunga burmeisteri of Argentina. They have an erectile crest and a short, broad bill. They are often domesticated. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

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. [ 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 ]

☞ 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. ]

. (Elec.) (a) A series-wound dynamo. (b) A dynamo running in series with another or others. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. (Elec.) (a) A series-wound motor. (b) A motor capable of being used in a series circuit. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. (Elec.) The turns in a series circuit. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]