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Noun series has 7 senses

series - similar things placed in order or happening one after another; "they were investigating a series of bank robberies"
--₁ is a kind of ordering, order, ordination
--₁ has particulars:

serial, series - a serialized set of programs; "a comedy series"; "the Masterworks concert series"
--₂ is a kind of broadcast, program, programme
--₂ has parts: episode, installment, instalment
--₂ has particulars: soap opera; tetralogy
series, serial, serial publication - a periodical that appears at scheduled times
--₃ is a kind of periodical
--₃ has parts: installment, instalment
--₃ has members: issue, number
--₃ has particulars: monthly; bimonthly; quarterly; weekly; biweekly
series - (sports) several contests played successively by the same teams; "the visiting team swept the series"
--₄ is a kind of contest, competition
--₄ has particulars: home stand; World Series
series - a group of postage stamps having a common theme or a group of coins or currency selected as a group for study or collection; "the Post Office issued a series commemorating famous American entertainers"; "his coin collection included the complete series of Indian-head pennies"
--₅ is a kind of group, grouping
series - (mathematics) the sum of a finite or infinite sequence of expressions
--₆ is a kind of polynomial, multinomial
--₆ has particulars:
power series; convergence, convergency; divergence, divergency; geometric series; Fourier series; exponential series
series - (electronics) connection of components in such a manner that current flows first through one and then through the other; "the voltage divider consisted of a series of fixed resistors"
--₇ is a kind of connection, connexion, connectedness