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    serial
    I
    se‧ri‧al1 /ˈsɪəriəl $ ˈsɪr-/ noun [countable]
    a story that is broadcast or printed in several separate parts on television, in a magazine etc:
        a television serial
        a six-part serial

    II
    serial2 adjective [only before noun]
     Date: 1800-1900
     Origin: series
    1. serial killer/murderer etc someone who commits the same crime several times:
        a serial rapist
    2. serial killings/murders etc crimes that are done in the same way several times
    3. arranged or happening one after the other in the correct order:
        Keep the questions in the same serial order.
    4. printed or broadcast in several separate parts:
        cheap serial publications
    —serially adverb