Mathematics and Science
- Series (botany), a taxonomic rank between genus and species
- Series (mathematics), the sum of a sequence of terms
- Series circuits, a kind of electrical network
- Seriation (archaeology), a method of dating objects
- Seriation (semiotics), a concept in interpreting phenomena
- Series (stratigraphy), a stratigraphic unit deposited during a certain interval of geologic time
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