simple past tense and past participle of serial

present participle of serial

A unique number, assigned to a particular unit of some product, to identify it.

A comma preceding the final conjunction in a list of three or more items, especially to provide clarity.

The practice of having a succession of (especially short) monogamous relationships with different people.

A person who commits multiple (more than two) murders, especially similar ones with no obvious motive over a period of time with a "cooling-off" period between each murder.

(music) music, especially from the 20th century, in which themes are based on a definite order of notes of an equal-tempered scale

(pathology) In epidemiology of communicable (infectious) diseases, the time period between the onset of symptoms with the primary patient and the onset of symptoms with the secondary patient (infected by primary).

(computing) A type of sequential file consisting of multiple data records with the same fields.

(law) Bonds issued in a series by a public entity that are payable at different times.