Arrayed and Serial

verb

• Lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line.
  • usage: "lay out the clothes"; "lay out the arguments"
  • synonyms: range, array, lay out, set out
• Align oneself with a group or a way of thinking.
  • synonyms: align, array

adjective

• In ceremonial attire and paraphernalia.
  • usage: "professors arrayed in robes"
  • synonyms: panoplied

(imp.&p.p.) of Array.

noun

• A serialized set of programs.
  • usage: "a comedy series"; "the Masterworks concert series"
  • synonyms: series
• A periodical that appears at scheduled times.
  • synonyms: series, serial publication

adjective

• In regular succession without gaps.
  • usage: "serial concerts"
  • synonyms: consecutive, sequent, sequential, successive
• Pertaining to or composed in serial technique.
  • usage: "serial music"
• Pertaining to or occurring in or producing a series.
  • usage: "serial monogamy"; "serial killing"; "a serial killer"; "serial publication"
• Of or relating to the sequential performance of multiple operations.
  • usage: "serial processing"
  • synonyms: in series, nonparallel

• (a.) Of or pertaining to rows.
• (a.) Of or pertaining to a series; consisting of a series; appearing in successive parts or numbers; as, a serial work or publication.
• (n.) A publication appearing in a series or succession of part; a tale or other writing, published in successive numbers of a periodical.

(DoD) A serial can be a group of people, vehicles, equipment, or supplies and is used in airborne, air assault, amphibious operations, and convoys.
(DoD) An element or a group of elements within a series which is given a numerical or alphabetical designation for convenience in planning, scheduling, and control.