SERIEMA
Ser`i*e"ma, n. Etym: [Native name.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A large South American bird (Dicholophus, or Cariama cristata) related to the cranes. It is often domesticated. Called also cariama.
SERIES
Se"ries, n. Etym: [L. series, fr. serere, sertum, to join or bind
together; cf. Gr. sarit thread. Cf. Assert, Desert a solitude, Exert,
Insert, Seraglio.]
1. A number of things or events standing or succeeding in order, and connected by a like relation; sequence; order; course; a succession of things; as, a continuous series of calamitous events. During some years his life a series of triumphs. Macaulay.
2. (Biol.)
Defn: Any comprehensive group of animals or plants including several subordinate related groups.
Note: Sometimes a series includes several classes; sometimes only orders or families; in other cases only species.
3. (Math.)
Defn: An indefinite number of terms succeeding one another, each of which is derived from one or more of the preceding by a fixed law, called the law of the series; as, an arithmetical series; a geometrical series.
SERIES DYNAMO
Series dynamo. (Elec.)
(a) A series-wound dynamo.
(b) A dynamo running in series with another or others.