n, pl  series  1  :  a number of things or events of the same class coming one after another in spatial or temporal succession <described a new of cases>   2  :  a group of specimens or types progressively differing from each other in some morphological or physiological attribute <a of antitoxins>   3  :  a group of chemical compounds related in composition and structure .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  ce·ruse  cir·rus  se·ri·ous  se·ro·sa 
 
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