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in series
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in series
(gcide) | 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.
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During some years his life a series of triumphs.
--Macaulay.
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2. (Biol.) Any comprehensive group of animals or plants
including several subordinate related groups.
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Note: Sometimes a series includes several classes; sometimes
only orders or families; in other cases only species.
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3. (Bot.) In Engler's system of plant classification, a group
of families showing certain structural or morphological
relationships. It corresponds to the cohort of some
writers, and to the order of many modern systematists.
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4. (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.
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5. (Elec.) A mode of arranging the separate parts of a
circuit by connecting them successively end to end to form
a single path for the current; -- opposed to parallel.
The parts so arranged are said to be
in series.
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6. (Com.) A parcel of rough diamonds of assorted qualities.
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in series
(wn) | in series
adj 1: of or relating to the sequential performance of multiple
operations; "serial processing" [syn: serial, {in
series(p)}, nonparallel] |
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Paraffin series
(gcide) | Paraffin \Par"af*fin\ (p[a^]r"[a^]f*f[i^]n), Paraffine
\Par"af*fine\ (p[a^]r"[a^]f*f[i^]n or p[a^]r"[a^]f*f[=e]n), n.
[F. paraffine, fr. L. parum too little + affinis akin. So
named in allusion to its chemical inactivity.] (Chem.)
A white waxy substance, resembling spermaceti, tasteless and
odorless, and obtained from coal tar, wood tar, petroleum,
etc., by distillation. It is used in candles, as a sealing
agent (such as in canning of preserves), as a waterproofing
agent, as an illuminant and as a lubricant. It is very inert,
not being acted upon by most of the strong chemical reagents.
It was formerly regarded as a definite compound, but is now
known to be a complex mixture of several higher hydrocarbons
of the methane or marsh-gas series; hence, by extension, any
substance, whether solid, liquid, or gaseous, of the same
chemical series; thus gasoline, coal gas and kerosene consist
largely of paraffins.
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Note: In the present chemical usage this word is spelled
paraffin, but in commerce it is commonly spelled
paraffine.
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Native paraffin. See Ozocerite.
Paraffin series. See Methane series, under Methane.
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paraffin series
(wn) | paraffin series
n 1: a series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the
general formula CnH(2n+2) [syn: methane series, {alkane
series}, alkane, paraffin series, paraffin] |
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