SERIAL PUBLICATION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does serial publication mean? 

• SERIAL PUBLICATION (noun)
  The noun SERIAL PUBLICATION has 1 sense:

1. a periodical that appears at scheduled times

  Familiarity information: SERIAL PUBLICATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SERIAL PUBLICATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A periodical that appears at scheduled times

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

serial; serial publication; series

Hypernyms ("serial publication" is a kind of...):

periodical (a publication that appears at fixed intervals)

Meronyms (parts of "serial publication"):

installment; instalment (a part of a published serial)

Meronyms (members of "serial publication"):

issue; number (one of a series published periodically)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "serial publication"):

semiweekly (a periodical that is published twice each week (or 104 issues per year))

weekly (a periodical that is published every week (or 52 issues per year))

semimonthly (a periodical that is published twice each month (or 24 issues per year))

monthly (a periodical that is published every month (or 12 issues per year))

quarterly (a periodical that is published every quarter (or four issues per year))

bimonthly (a periodical that is published twice a month or every two months (either 24 or 6 issues per year))

biweekly (a periodical that is published twice a week or every two weeks (either 104 or 26 issues per year))

 Context examples 

These two volumes comprised all the short stories he had written and which had received, or were receiving, serial publication.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The Lowell-Meredith Company captured the collection of all his essays, and the Maxmillian Company got his Sea Lyrics and the Love-cycle, the latter receiving serial publication in the Ladies' Home Companion after the payment of an extortionate price.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)