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noun

• Similar things placed in order or happening one after another.
  • usage: "they were investigating a series of bank robberies"
• A serialized set of programs.
  • usage: "a comedy series"; "the Masterworks concert series"
  • synonyms: serial
• A periodical that appears at scheduled times.
  • synonyms: serial, serial publication
• Sports) several contests played successively by the same teams. (
  • usage: "the visiting team swept the series"
• Electronics) connection of components in such a manner that current flows first through one and then through the other. (
  • usage: "the voltage divider consisted of a series of fixed resistors"
• A group of postage stamps having a common theme or a group of coins or currency selected as a group for study or collection.
  • usage: "the Post Office issued a series commemorating famous American entertainers"; "his coin collection included the complete series of Indian-head pennies"
• Mathematics) the sum of a finite or infinite sequence of expressions. (.

• (n.) 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.
• (n.) A parcel of rough diamonds of assorted qualities.
• (n.) 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.
• (n.) Any comprehensive group of animals or plants including several subordinate related groups.
• (n.) 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.
• (n.) 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.

Options: All option contracts of the same class that also have the same unit of trade, expiration date, and exercise price. Stocks: shares that have common characteristics, such as rights to ownership and voting, dividends, or par value. In the case of many foreign shares, one' Series' may be owned only by citizens of the country in which the stock is registered.