in series

1. 1.

   of or relating to the sequential performance of multiple operations

   “serial processing”

   Synonymsserialnonparallel

   Similarasynchronous

   computer science

Questions about in series

What does in series mean?

in series means "of or relating to the sequential performance of multiple operations".

What is another word for in series?

Close synonyms include serial, nonparallel. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is in series a common word?

in series is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.