adj.
- Of, forming, or arranged in a series.
- Published or produced in installments, as a novel or television drama.
- Relating to such publication or production.
- Responsible for a series of usually criminal acts over a period of time: a serial arsonist.
- Music. Relating to or based on a row of tones, especially the 12 pitches of the chromatic scale.
- Computer Science.
- Of or relating to the sequential transmission of all the bits of a byte over one wire: a serial port; a serial printer.
- Of or relating to the sequential performance of multiple operations: serial processing.
A literary or dramatic work published or produced in installments.
serially se'ri·al·ly adv.
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