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発音

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

形容詞

serial (not comparable)

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

   Synonym: sequential

   • 1823, Royal Institution of Great Britain (contributor), The Quarterly Journal - Volume 14, page 318:

     These singular ribs have a very different direction from that of the serial teeth of the hinge, and cannot be taken for teeth.

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 (plural serials)

1. A literary or dramatic work, such as a radio or television programme, 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.

派生語

関連する語

派生した語

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

参考

• fascicle
• twelve tone technique

動詞

serial (third-person singular simple present serials, present participle (US) serialing or (UK) serialling, simple past and past participle (US) serialed or (UK) serialled)

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”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Google books: uses of serial

アナグラム

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