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serial
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Serial \Se"ri*al\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to a series; consisting of a series;
appearing in successive parts or numbers; as, a serial
work or publication. "Classification . . . may be more or
less serial." --H. Spencer.
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2. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to rows. --Gray.
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Serial homology. (Biol.) See under Homology.
Serial symmetry. (Biol.) See under Symmetry.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Serial \Se"ri*al\, n. A publication appearing in a series or succession of part; a tale, or other writing, published in successive numbers of a periodical. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
nonparallel \nonparallel\ adj.
1. not parallel; -- of lines or linear objects. Opposite of
parallel. [Narrower terms: {bias, catacorner,
cata-cornered, catercorner, cater-cornered, catty-corner,
catty-cornered, diagonal, kitty-corner, kitty-cornered,
oblique, skew, skewed, slanted ; {crossed, decussate,
intersectant, intersecting}; cross-grained ; {diagonal;
{orthogonal, orthographic, rectangular, right-angled ;
right, perpendicular; angled ; {convergent] Also See:
convergent, divergent, diverging.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. (Computers) Not using parallel processing; -- of
computers. [Narrower terms: serial] PJC]
