seriesとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪə.ɹiːz/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪɹiz/, /ˈsiɹiz/
• 異形同音異義語: Siri's, Siris, Ceres

名詞

series (複数形 series)

1. A number of things that follow on one after the other or are connected one after the other.

   Synonyms: chain, line, sequence, stream, succession; see also Thesaurus:sequence

   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess‎^[1]:

     When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. […]. The captive made no resistance and came not only quietly but in a series of eager little rushes like a timid dog on a choke chain.

   • 2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21:

     Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […].  Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible, there was widespread anger, leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures.

   A series of seemingly inconsequential events led cumulatively to the fall of the company.

2. (broadcasting) A television or radio program which consists of several episodes that are broadcast in regular intervals

   Synonyms: show, program

   “Friends” was one of the most successful television series in recent years.

3. (Discuss⁽⁺⁾ this sense) (mathematics) The sequence of partial sums ${\displaystyle \sum _{i=1}^{n}{a_{i}}}$ of a given sequence a_i.

   The harmonic series has been much studied.

4. (cricket, baseball) A group of matches between two sides, with the aim being to win more matches than the opposition.

   The Blue Jays are playing the Yankees in a four-game series.

5. (zoology) An unranked taxon.
7. (botany) A subdivision of a genus, a taxonomic rank below that of section (かつ subsection) but above that of species.
8. (commerce) A parcel of rough diamonds of assorted qualities.
9. (phonology) A set of consonants that share a particular phonetic or phonological feature.

使用する際の注意点

• (数学): Beginning students often confuse series with sequence.

同意語

• serie (廃れた用法)

派生語

• in series
• (media, television) TV series
• (electrical) series-wound

関連する語

派生した語

• → Japanese: シリーズ (shirīzu)

形容詞

series (not comparable)

A series circuit

1. (electronics) Connected one after the other in a circuit.

   You have to connect the lights in series for them to work properly.

   Antonym: parallel

Further reading

• series in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• series in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• series at OneLook Dictionary Search

アナグラム

• reises, ressie, seiser

Latin

語源

From serō (“to bind”).

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈse.ri.eːs/, [ˈs̠ɛɾieːs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈse.ri.es/, [ˈsɛːɾiɛs]

名詞

seriēs f (genitive seriēī); fifth declension

1. a row
2. a succession
3. a series
4. a chain

語形変化

Fifth-declension noun.

派生した語