Series
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series may refer to anything of a serial form:

Mathematics and science

  • Series (botany)
    Series (botany)
    Series is a low-level taxonomic rank below that of section but above that of species.In botany, a series is a subdivision of a genus...

    , a taxonomic rank between genus
    Genus
    In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

     and species
    Species
    In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...

  • Series (mathematics)
    Series (mathematics)
    A series is the sum of the terms of a sequence. Finite sequences and series have defined first and last terms, whereas infinite sequences and series continue indefinitely....

    , the sum of a sequence of terms
  • Series circuits, a kind of electrical network
  • Seriation (archaeology)
    Seriation (archaeology)
    In archaeology, seriation is a relative dating method in which assemblages or artifacts from numerous sites, in the same culture, are placed in chronological order. Where absolute dating methods, such as carbon dating, cannot be applied, archaeologists have to use relative dating methods to date...

    , a method of dating objects
  • Seriation (semiotics)
    Seriation (semiotics)
    The term seriation [mise en série] was proposed for use in semiotics by Jean Molino and derived from classical philology. Seriation "invokes the idea that any investigator, in order to assign some plausible meaning to a given phenomenon, must interpret it within a series of comparable phenomena...

    , a concept in interpreting phenomena
  • Series (stratigraphy)
    Series (stratigraphy)
    Series are subdivisions of rock layers made based on the age of the rock and corresponding to the dating system unit called an epoch, both being formally defined international conventions of the geological timescale. A series is therefore a sequence of rock depositions defining a...

    , a stratigraphic unit deposited during a certain interval of geologic time

Music

  • serialism
    Serialism
    In music, serialism is a method or technique of composition that uses a series of values to manipulate different musical elements. Serialism began primarily with Arnold Schoenberg's twelve-tone technique, though his contemporaries were also working to establish serialism as one example of...

     including the twelve-tone technique
    Twelve-tone technique
    Twelve-tone technique is a method of musical composition devised by Arnold Schoenberg...

  • the ordered sets
    Set (music)
    A set in music theory, as in mathematics and general parlance, is a collection of objects...

     used in serialism including tone row
    Tone row
    In music, a tone row or note row , also series and set, refers to a non-repetitive ordering of a set of pitch-classes, typically of the twelve notes in musical set theory of the chromatic scale, though both larger and smaller sets are sometimes found.-History and usage:Tone rows are the basis of...

    s
  • the harmonic series (music)
    Harmonic series (music)
    Pitched musical instruments are often based on an approximate harmonic oscillator such as a string or a column of air, which oscillates at numerous frequencies simultaneously. At these resonant frequencies, waves travel in both directions along the string or air column, reinforcing and canceling...



See also: sequence
Sequence
In mathematics, a sequence is an ordered list of objects . Like a set, it contains members , and the number of terms is called the length of the sequence. Unlike a set, order matters, and exactly the same elements can appear multiple times at different positions in the sequence...


Other uses

  • Series (United States currency)
    Series (United States currency)
    On U.S. currency, the series refers to the year appearing on the front of a bill, indicating when the bill's design was adopted. The printed series year does not indicate the year a bill was printed, instead it indicates the earliest year that bills of the same design were first made...

    , referring to the year that a bill's design was adopted
  • A sequence of competitive sports events
    Playoff format
    There are several different Playoff formats used in various levels of competition in sports and games to determine an overall champion. Some of the most common are the single elimination, the best-of- series, the total points series, and the round-robin tournament.-Single elimination:A Single...

    , sometimes to decide a championship; see also World Series (disambiguation)
    World Series (disambiguation)
    The World Series is the championship series of Major League Baseball. It may also refer to:-Professional baseball:* Triple-A World Series, a contest in Minor League Baseball...

  • Serial (radio and television)
    Serial (radio and television)
    Serials are series of television programs and radio programs that rely on a continuing plot that unfolds in a sequential episode by episode fashion. Serials typically follow main story arcs that span entire television seasons or even the full run of the series, which distinguishes them from...

    , series of television program
    Television program
    A television program , also called television show, is a segment of content which is intended to be broadcast on television. It may be a one-time production or part of a periodically recurring series...

    s and radio programs that rely on a continuing plot that unfolds in a sequential episode
    Episode
    An episode is a part of a dramatic work such as a serial television or radio program. An episode is a part of a sequence of a body of work, akin to a chapter of a book. The term sometimes applies to works based on other forms of mass media as well, as in Star Wars...

     by episode fashion
  • "Television series", the Australian, British, and a number of others countries' equivalent term for the North American "television season", a set of episodes produced by a television serial.
  • Land Rover Series
    Land Rover Series
    The Land Rover Series I, II, and III are off-road vehicles produced by the British manufacturer Land Rover that were inspired by the US-built Willys Jeep...

    , early Land Rover workhorses (forerunners to the Defender)
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