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seriatum

seriatum noun: a series, a sequence. Also the misspelling of seriatim.

Noun

seriatum

  1. (uncommon) a series, a sequence
    • She named them — a seriatum not of causes but of symptoms. For a long time she made no suggestion as to any fundamental cure.1934, Henry Louis Mencken, George Jean Nathan, editors, The American Mercury, volume 32, page 405
    • […] perhaps now in present perception, but also reflexively to become identical with itself through the seriatum of time.1986, The Life of the transcendental ego: essays in honor of William Earle (William Earle, Edward S. Casey, Donald V. Morano), page 205

Also used as

seriatum is also the misspelling of seriatim.

Origin of seriatum

From Latin seriatum, neuter of Medieval Latin or New Latin seriatus (“arranged in serial order”).

Misspelling of seriatim, influenced by the commonness of the Latin ending -um.

Questions about seriatum

What does seriatum mean?
Seriatum means a series, a sequence.
What part of speech is seriatum?
Seriatum is a noun.

Words near seriatum in the dictionary

  1. seriating
  2. seriation
  3. seriations
  4. seriative
  5. seriatives
  6. seriatum
  7. seric
  8. serica
  9. Serican
  10. Sericans
  11. sericate

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