Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

in series

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.34 in modern English

Syllables: in- series
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

One after another. Sequentially.

prep_phrase

Of components: connected in a chain, instead of in parallel.

Example Sentences

"The experiments were done in series."
"The total resistance of two resistors connected in series is easily calculated as the simple sum."

Synonyms

serial nonparallel

Questions

What does in series mean?: One after another. Sequentially.

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