series

series
noun plural series (C)
1 (singular) several events or actions of the same kind that happen one after the other but that are not connected
(+ of): There's been a whole series of accidents on this stretch of road recently
2 a group of events that are connected and have a particular result: a strange series of events that led to his death
3 a set of television or radio programmes in which each one tells the next part of a story or deals with the same kind of subject: a new comedy series
4 a group of events or actions of the same kind that are planned to happen one after another in order to achieve something: It'll have to undergo a series of tests. | a series of lectures on the subject of biotechnology
5 in series technical being connected so that electricity passes though the parts of something electrical in the correct order

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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