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.
2. Bot.
Of or pertaining to rows.
Gray.
Serial homology. Biol. See under Homology. -- Serial symmetry. Biol. See under Symmetry.
© Webster 1913.
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.
© Webster 1913.