Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Serial

Serial , adjective

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.
(Botany) Of or pertaining to rows. — Gray
Collocations (2)
Serial homology (Biology) , See under Homology.
Serial symmetry (Biology) , See under Symmetry.

Serial , noun

A publication appearing in a series or succession of part; a tale, or other writing, published in successive numbers of a periodical.