noun (n)

• similar things placed in order or happening one after another(noun.group)

  Example:
  They were investigating a series of bank robberies.
  

  source: wordnet30
• a serialized set of programs(noun.communication)

  Example:
  A comedy series.
  The Masterworks concert series.
  

  Synonym:
  serial
  

  source: wordnet30
• a periodical that appears at scheduled times(noun.communication)

  Synonym:
  serial, serial publication
  

  source: wordnet30
• (sports) several contests played successively by the same teams(noun.event)

  Example:
  The visiting team swept the series.
  

  source: wordnet30
• (electronics) connection of components in such a manner that current flows first through one and then through the other(noun.linkdef)

  Example:
  The voltage divider consisted of a series of fixed resistors.
  

  source: wordnet30
• a group of postage stamps having a common theme or a group of coins or currency selected as a group for study or collection(noun.group)

  Example:
  The Post Office issued a series commemorating famous American entertainers.
  His coin collection included the complete series of Indian-head pennies.
  

  source: wordnet30
• (mathematics) the sum of a finite or infinite sequence of expressions(noun.cognition)

  source: wordnet30
• 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.(noun)

  source: webster1913
• 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.(noun)

  source: webster1913