serialとは意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪə.ɹɪ.əl/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪɚ.i.əl/
• Homophone: cereal

形容詞

serial (not comparable)

1. Having to do with or arranged in a series.

   Synonym: sequential

2. (of a person) Who performs a specified action or course of action repeatedly or regularly.

   Synonym: career

   The serial killer had a string of victims across seven states.

   He was a serial entrepreneur, always coming up with a new way to make cash.

   • 2012, Rachel James, Salisbury, Lulu.com, page 10,

     "No I could not!" Kate looked at Max sternly. "I am not a cheat and I am not a serial monogamist."

3. Published or produced in installments.
4. (grammar) Of or relating to a grammatical aspect relating to an action that is habitual and ongoing.

派生語

名詞

serial (複数形 serials)

1. A work, such as a work of fiction, published in installments, often numbered and without a specified end.
2. A publication issued in successive parts, often numbered and with no predetermined end.
3. (computing, slang) A serial number, esp. one required to activate software.

   Go to these sites for serials, cracks and keygens.

4. (UK) A unit of police officers equipped with shields to tackle a riot.
   • 1992, James Donald, ‎Ali Rattansi, Race, Culture and Difference (page 66)

     The practice, especially among members of shield serials, of 'whooping like cowboys and indians' and beating of truncheons on riot shields must cease as this tends to frighten and intimidate rioters.

   • 2013, Tony Moore, Policing Notting Hill: Fifty Years of Turbulence (page 324)

     The serials worked in pairs, one with long shields and one with short shields.

派生した語

• → Russian: сериа́л (seriál, “TV-series”)
  • → Azerbaijani: serial

参考

• fascicle
• twelve tone technique

関連する語

動詞

serial (third-person singular simple present serials, present participle serialling or (米国用法) serialing, simple past and past participle serialled or (米国用法) serialed)

1. (transitive) to assign a serial number to (especially of aircraft)

参照

• DeLone et. al. (Eds.) (1975). Aspects of Twentieth-Century Music. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. →ISBN, Ch. 6.
• serial at OneLook Dictionary Search
• Google books: uses of serial

アナグラム

• Alires, Israel, Isreal, Lieras, Sailer, Sal Rei, ariels, railes, realis, relais, resail, sailer, serail