serial
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riəl
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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "serial"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϧāĻžāϰāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ•, āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŋāĻ•

occurring regularly one after another
serial definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He meticulously documented his experiments in a serial fashion, recording each step in chronological order.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϧāĻžāϰāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻŦāϧāĻžāύ⧇ āύāĻĨāĻŋāϭ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύ, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻĻāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒāϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϞāĻžāύ⧁āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϰ⧇āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϧāĻžāϰāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ•, āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŋāĻ•

made up of or organized in a series, rank, or row, following a specific and orderly sequence
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The items were stored on the shelf in serial arrangement, sorted by size.
āφāχāĻŸā§‡āĻŽāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āφāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāĻžāϰ⧇ āϏāĻžāϜāĻžāύ⧋, āĻļ⧇āĻ˛ā§āĻĢ⧇ āϏāĻŋāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāϏ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϧāĻžāϰāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ•, āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŋāĻ•

(of a story or narrative) broadcast, published, or released in multiple consecutive parts
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Fans eagerly awaited the next episode of the serial drama on television.
āĻ­āĻ•ā§āϤāϰāĻž āĻŸā§‡āϞāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻļāύ⧇ āϏāĻŋāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ āύāĻžāϟāϕ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻŦ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ…āϧ⧀āϰ āφāĻ—ā§āϰāĻšā§‡ āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϧāĻžāϰāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ•, āĻĒ⧁āύāϰāĻžāĻŦ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋāĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ•

(of a person) repeating certain actions or behaviors over time
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She was known as a serial dater, constantly moving from one relationship to the next.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŋāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻĄā§‡āϟāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻžāĻ—āϤ āĻāĻ• āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϧāĻžāϰāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ•, āϏāĻŋāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ

(of a criminal) committing the same or similar crime over a period of time
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The investigation into the serial arsonist continued as more buildings were mysteriously set on fire.
āϏāĻŋāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻ…āĻ—ā§āύāĻŋāϏāĻ‚āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āϤāĻĻāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϚāϞāϤ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ‚ āϰāĻšāĻ¸ā§āϝāϜāύāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āφāϗ⧁āύ⧇ āĻĒ⧁āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āϧāĻžāϰāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ•, āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŋāĻ•

referring to a method of composition that uses transformations of a fixed series of notes, often in twelve-tone music
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The composer experimented with serial techniques, creating complex and intricate melodic patterns.
āϏ⧁āϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻž-āύāĻŋāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύ, āϜāϟāĻŋāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϜāϟāĻŋāϞ āϏ⧁āϰ⧇āϞāĻž āύāĻ•āĻļāĻž āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϏāĻŋāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ, āϧāĻžāϰāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ•

referring to a system where small pieces of information are transmitted one at a time, sequentially, over a single wire or connection
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The technician used a serial cable to transfer data between two older devices.
āĻŸā§‡āĻ•āύāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāύ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧋āύ⧋ āĻĄāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāχāϏ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻĄā§‡āϟāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŋāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ āϕ⧇āĻŦāϞ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϧāĻžāϰāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ•, āϏ⧋āĻĒ āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āϰāĻž

an episodic radio or TV program that is broadcast over a period of time
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The radio station aired a weekly serial, leaving listeners in suspense after each episode.
āϰ⧇āĻĄāĻŋāĻ“ āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻļāύāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻŋāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāϚāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻļā§āϰ⧋āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāϏāĻĒ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϏ⧇ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇āĨ¤
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āϧāĻžāϰāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ•, āϏāĻŋāϰāĻŋāϜ

a story that is published in several separate parts over a period of time
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Readers eagerly awaited the next installment of the mystery serial every week.
āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšā§‡ āϰāĻšāĻ¸ā§āϝ āϏāĻŋāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ…āϧ⧀āϰ āφāĻ—ā§āϰāĻšā§‡ āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϧāĻžāϰāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ•, āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļāύāĻž

a publication that is released at scheduled intervals, such as weekly, monthly, or quarterly
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her short stories were first published in a popular literary serial.
āϤāĻžāϰ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻ—āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽā§‡ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϜāύāĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻŋāĻ• āϧāĻžāϰāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ•-āĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

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