From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
serial
adj 1: in regular succession without gaps; "serial concerts"
[syn: consecutive, sequent, sequential, serial,
successive]
2: pertaining to or composed in serial technique; "serial music"
3: pertaining to or occurring in or producing a series; "serial
monogamy"; "serial killing"; "a serial killer"; "serial
publication"
4: of or relating to the sequential performance of multiple
operations; "serial processing" [syn: serial, {in
series(p)}, nonparallel]
n 1: a serialized set of programs; "a comedy series"; "the
Masterworks concert series" [syn: serial, series]
2: a periodical that appears at scheduled times [syn: series,
serial, serial publication]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Serial \Se"ri*al\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to a series; consisting of a series;
appearing in successive parts or numbers; as, a serial
work or publication. "Classification . . . may be more or
less serial." --H. Spencer.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to rows. --Gray.
[1913 Webster]
Serial homology. (Biol.) See under Homology.
Serial symmetry. (Biol.) See under Symmetry.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Serial \Se"ri*al\, n.
A publication appearing in a series or succession of part; a
tale, or other writing, published in successive numbers of a
periodical.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
nonparallel \nonparallel\ adj.
1. not parallel; -- of lines or linear objects. Opposite of
parallel. [Narrower terms: {bias, catacorner,
cata-cornered, catercorner, cater-cornered, catty-corner,
catty-cornered, diagonal, kitty-corner, kitty-cornered,
oblique, skew, skewed, slanted ; {crossed, decussate,
intersectant, intersecting}; cross-grained ; {diagonal;
{orthogonal, orthographic, rectangular, right-angled ;
right, perpendicular; angled ; {convergent] Also See:
convergent, divergent, diverging.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. (Computers) Not using parallel processing; -- of
computers. [Narrower terms: serial] PJC]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008) [foldoc]:
serial
1. <communications> serial communications
2. <architecture> serial processor.