Толковый словарь английского языка - serial

I. adjective Date: 1840 of, relating to, consisting of, or arranged in a series, rank, or row , appearing in successive parts or numbers , belonging to a series maturing periodically rather than on a single date , of, relating to, or being music based on a series of tones in a chosen pattern without regard for traditional tonality, 5. performing a series of similar acts over a period of time , occurring in or involving such a series , relating to or being a connection in a computer system in which the bits of a byte are transmitted sequentially over a single wire, ~ly adverb II. noun Date: 1846 1. a work appearing (as in a magazine or on television) in parts at intervals, one part of a ~ work ; installment, a publication (as a newspaper or journal) issued as one of a consecutively numbered and indefinitely continued series