## Meanings
1. Arranged in or forming a series; happening one after another.
2. Doing the same bad thing again and again.
3. A number or code, especially one needed to activate a piece of software.

## Examples
- The concerts were held on serial nights, one after the other.
- The serial killer had a string of victims across seven states.
- You must enter the serial to install the program.

## Derived Forms
- biserial
- miniserial
- multiserial
- nonserial
- pauciserial
- polyserial
- postserial
- quadriserial
- quinqueserial
- rectiserial
- serialise
- serialism

## Related Forms
- fascicle
- seriate
- seriatim
- seriation
- series

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: seriālis

## Etymology
Formed as series + -al, on model of Latin seriālis, from seriēs + -ālis. Cognate to Italian seriale. First use appears c. 1823. See cite below.

## AI Etymology
Serial: Formed as series + -al, on model of Latin seriālis, from seriēs + -ālis. Cognate to Italian seriale. First use appears c. 1823. See cite below. Important forms in the word's history include Latin seriālis. In current use it includes senses such as Arranged in or forming a series; happening one after another and Doing the same bad thing again and again.

## Topics
- Technology & Computing

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