Se″ri‐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.