1. [n]  a periodical that appears at scheduled times
2. [n]  a serialized set of programs; "a comedy series"; "the Masterworks concert series"
3. [adj]  in regular succession without gaps; "serial concerts"
4. [adj]  (computer science) of or relating to the sequential performance of multiple operations; "serial processing"
5. [adj]  pertaining to or occurring in or producing a series; "serial monogamy" or"serial killing"; "a serial killer"
6. [adj]  (music) pertaining to or composed in serial technique; "serial music"

Serial
In Ireland, Kristina Galetti, a glamorous young detective, is on the trail of a killer whom she suspects to be a writer of detective stories--and possibly a woman.

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1. \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}.
   

2. \Se"ri*al\, n.
   A publication appearing in a series or succession of part; a
   tale, or other writing, published in successive numbers of a
   periodical.