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Serial symmetry

Serial \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.