Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Serial
Se′ri·al (sē′rĭ·al), a. 1. Of or pertaining to a series; consisting of a series; appearing in successive parts or numbers; as, a serial work or publication. "Classification . . . may be more or less serial." H. Spencer.
2. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to rows. Gray.
Serial homology. (Biol.) See under Homology. — Serial symmetry. (Biol.) See under Symmetry.
Se′ri·al, n. A publication appearing in a series or succession of part; a tale, or other writing, published in successive numbers of a periodical.