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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
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Collins English-English Dictionary
- serial ['sɪərɪəl]
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1.
n
a novel, play, etc, presented in separate instalments at regular intervals
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2.
n
a publication, usually regularly issued and consecutively numbered
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3.
adj
of, relating to, or resembling a series
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4.
adj
published or presented as a serial
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5.
adj
of or relating to such publication or presentation
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6.
adj
[computing]
of or operating on items of information, instructions, etc, in the order in which they occur - Compare parallel
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7.
adj
of, relating to, or using the techniques of serialism
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8.
adj
[logic]
[maths]
(of a relation) connected, transitive, and asymmetric, thereby imposing an order on all the members of the domain, as less than on the natural numbers - See also ordering
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adj
[Etymology]
C19: from New Latin seri
a lis, from Latin serie sseries
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1.
n
a novel, play, etc, presented in separate instalments at regular intervals
Examples
- serial numbers
- 序号，编号 → serial
- serial rights to a novel
- 连载小说的版权 → serial
- The sale will only go ahead if the serial numbers match.
- 只有当序号都相符合时，销售才能继续进行。 → match
- 成批生产
- serial production; mass production → 成批
- 串行成批处理系统
- serial batch system → 串行
- 串行处理系统
- serial processing → 串行
- 长篇连载
- serial (of a novel, etc.) → 连载
- 这部电视连续剧开播后不久，收视率便跃居首位。
- Shortly after the TV serial was first aired, it shot to the top of the ratings. → 收视率
- 这个连续剧下周即可在荧屏上和观众见面。
- The serial will be on television next week. → 荧屏
- 根据卷次编号看, 这是整套书的第89卷。
- According to the serial numbers of the books, this is the 89th roll of the entire set. → 卷次
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