Serial



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解释

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• adj. 连续的, 一系列的
• ［英］ adj. 连续的, 一系列的 ( arranged in a series of things)
• ［例］ a serial murderer

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

• Date: 1840
• 1. of, relating to, consisting of, or arranged in a series, rank, or row <serial order>
• 2. appearing in successive parts or numbers <a serial story>
• 3. belonging to a series maturing periodically rather than on a single date <serial bonds>
• 4. of, relating to, or being music based on a series of tones in a chosen pattern without regard for traditional tonality
• 5.
  • a. performing a series of similar acts over a period of time <a serial killer>
  • b. occurring in or involving such a series <a serial murder>
• 6. relating to or being a connection in a computer system in which the bits of a byte are transmitted sequentially over a single wire — compare parallel
• ? serially adverb

II. noun

• Date: 1846
• 1.
  • a. a work appearing (as in a magazine or on television) in parts at intervals
  • b. one part of a serial work ; installment
• 2. a publication (as a newspaper or journal) issued as one of a consecutively numbered and indefinitely continued series

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