different between seriatim vs serial

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin seriatim, from Latin seri?s (“row, chain”) + -?tim, adverbial suffix.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /s?????e?t?m/, /s????e?t?m/

Adverb

seriatim (not comparable)

1. One after another, in order; taking one topic or subject at a time in an order; sequentially.
   • 1755, W. Massey, Corruptae Latinitatis Index, p. 63:

     Seriatim, I know of no good Authority that this Adverb can claim, though it has got a Place in our Dictionaries, and School-Books.

   • 1829, Thomas Jefferson Randolph, Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies: from the papers of Thomas Jefferson, p. 337:

     That pen should go on, lay bare these wounds of our constitution, expose these decisions seriatim, and arouse, as it is able, the attention of the nation to these bold speculators on its patience.

   • 1893, Medical Record, edited by George F. Shrady, volume 43, page 570:

     The author then took up each step seriatim of the technique and after-treatment.

   • 2002, Colin Jones,The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 242:

     Despite the seemingly bright start in North America, French forces failed to stop the English from opening up the Saint Lawrence seaway through Louisbourg, which fell in 1758, and French fortresses along the Ohio river passed seriatim into English hands.

   • 2004, Jon L. Ericson, Notes and Comments on Robert’s Rules, p.87:

     What does “consider seriatim” mean? To consider seriatim means to consider a motion part by part. (Literally, seriatim means in a series, so a motion could be considered by sentence, by paragraph, or by section.)

   • 2006, Daniel Yeager, J. L. Austin and the Law: Exculpation and the Explication of Responsibility, p. 42:

     Children who seriatim decapitate a row of trees or pull the wings off flies hardly do it unintentionally, but they may have no reason or motive […]

Synonyms

• in order, step by step; see also Thesaurus:sequentially

Adjective

seriatim (not comparable)

1. (chiefly law) Point by point; sequential.

   a seriatim review

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:seriatim.

Related terms

• gradatim
• literatim
• serial
• seriate
• seriation
• series
• verbatim

See also

• seriatum

Anagrams

• Emiratis, air times, airtimes, emiratis, maistrie

English

Etymology

1840, in reference to the books of Charles Dickens (published in sequential parts, as a series). Formed as series +? -al, on model of Latin seri?lis, from seri?s + -?lis.

Cognate to Italian seriale.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s???i???/
• Homophone: cereal

Adjective

serial (not comparable)

1. Having to do with or arranged in a series.

   Synonym: sequential

2. Doing something repeatedly or regularly as part of one's lifestyle or career.

   Synonym: career

3. Published or produced in installments.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

serial (plural serials)

1. A work, such as a work of fiction, published in installments, often numbered and without a specified end.
2. A publication issued in successive parts, often numbered and with no predetermined end.
3. (computing, slang) A serial number, esp. one required to activate software.

Descendants

• ? Russian: ??????? (seriál, “TV-series”)
  • ? Azerbaijani: serial

Translations

See also

• fascicle
• twelve tone technique

Related terms

Verb

serial (third-person singular simple present serials, present participle serialling or (US) serialing, simple past and past participle serialled or (US) serialed)

1. (transitive) to assign a serial number to (especially of aircraft)

References

• DeLone et. al. (Eds.) (1975). Aspects of Twentieth-Century Music. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. ?ISBN, Ch. 6.
• serial at OneLook Dictionary Search
• Google books: uses of serial

Anagrams

• Alires, Israel, Isreal, Lieras, Sailer, Sal Rei, ariels, railes, realis, relais, resail, sailer, serail

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Russian ??????? (seriál), from English serial.

Noun

serial (definite accusative serial?, plural seriallar)

1. (broadcasting, film) series

Declension

Further reading

• “serial” in Obastan.com.

Polish

Etymology

From English serial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?r?.jal/

Noun

serial m inan

1. (television) series (television program which consists of several episodes that are broadcast in regular intervals)

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) serialowy

Further reading

• serial in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• serial in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Etymology

serie +? -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se??jal/, [se??jal]

Adjective

serial (plural seriales)

1. serial

Noun

serial m or f (plural seriales)

1. serial

Further reading

• “serial” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.