Betekenis van serial In het Nederlands

• 0 used to describe a person who repeatedly commits a similar crime or carries out a similar bad act, or the crime or act itself:

  • She wrote a thriller about a brutal serial killer/murderer.

  • a serial adulterer/womaniser

  • serial murders/killings

• 1 broadcast or published in several separate parts, one after another:

  • She is currently filming a serial drama for the BBC.

  • a serial novel

• 2 sending information one bit (= unit of information) at a time:

  • a serial cable

  • serial communication

• 3 arranged one after another:

  • He had difficulty in remembering the serial order of the tasks.

• 4 a story on television or radio or in a newspaper, etc. that is broadcast or printed in separate parts:

  • Most of her novels have been made into television serials at some time.

• 5 happening one after another in time or order:

  • She’s the librarian in charge of serial publications (= magazines, newspapers, etc., that appear at regular periods).

• 6 a story printed in a newspaper or magazine or broadcast on television or radio in several parts

• 7 used to describe something that is done in a series:

  • The novels were first published in serial form.

• 8 used to describe someone who does something several times:

  • A serial litigant earned thousands of pounds by claiming ageism.

• 9 used to describe computer data that is sent one unit at a time:

  • Serial data transmission implies that one bit is sent after another.