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say it: SIR-ee-uhl
serial is an adjective and noun meaning "in regular succession without gaps". It carries 6 recorded senses.
pertaining to or composed in serial technique
“serial music”
music
pertaining to or occurring in or producing a series
“serial monogamy”
“serial killing”
“a serial killer”
“serial publication”
of or relating to the sequential performance of multiple operations
“serial processing”
computer science
a serialized set of programs
“a comedy series”
“the Masterworks concert series”
a periodical that appears at scheduled times
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for serial come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.