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seriation

seriation noun: the arrangement of things in a series.

Noun

seriation (countable and uncountable, plural seriations)

  1. the arrangement of things in a series
  2. the relative dating of archaeological artifacts in a chronological order

Forms of seriation

pluralseriations

Origin of seriation

From seriate + -ion.

Questions about seriation

What does seriation mean?
Seriation means the arrangement of things in a series.
What part of speech is seriation?
Seriation is a noun.
What is the plural of seriation?
The plural of seriation is seriations.

Words near seriation in the dictionary

  1. seriated
  2. seriately
  3. seriates
  4. seriatim
  5. seriating
  6. seriation
  7. seriations
  8. seriative
  9. seriatives
  10. seriatum
  11. seric

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