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serializable

serializable

7.6
Able to be published in parts, for example in a magazine or on TV
  • adjective
  • /ˈsɪəriəlaɪzəbl/
  • US
translation icon : publicable
  • Writers often design plots to be serializable for television adaptation.

Examples

  • The editor found the story highly serializable and planned to publish it over several issues.

  • Her novel's structure made it easily serializable for a weekly magazine.

  • The new novel is serializable into a weekly magazine format.

  • Is this content serializable for online publication?

  • The editor found the story highly serializable and planned to publish it over several issues.

  • Her novel's structure made it easily serializable for a weekly magazine.

  • Writers often design plots to be serializable for television adaptation.

How Serial

serial
302 3.7
serializable
  • US
7.6
episodic
5 6.0
standalone
12 4.4

Surface Forms

serializable positive

Morphology

serializable = serialize (transparent) = serial + ize + able

The sense 'suitable to be published in a series' follows directly from 'serialize' + '-able'.

Etymology

Serializable comes from serial and -able, with serial linked to series meaning 'a set of parts or episodes'. So a story that is serializable 'can be made into a series' and published or shown in parts, like a TV show or magazine episodes.