Series \Se"ries\, n. [L. series, fr. serere, sertum, to join or
bind together; cf. Gr. ??? to fasten, Skr. sarit thread. Cf.
Assert, Desert a solitude, Exert, Insert,
Seraglio.]
1. A number of things or events standing or succeeding in
order, and connected by a like relation; sequence; order;
course; a succession of things; as, a continuous series of
calamitous events.
During some years his life a series of triumphs.
--Macaulay.
2. (Biol.) Any comprehensive group of animals or plants
including several subordinate related groups.
Note: Sometimes a series includes several classes; sometimes
only orders or families; in other cases only species.
3. (Math.) An indefinite number of terms succeeding one
another, each of which is derived from one or more of the
preceding by a fixed law, called the law of the series;
as, an arithmetical series; a geometrical series.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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