1. publishing or broadcasting a story in separate parts over a period of time
Usage: British spelling
2. converting data into a format that can be stored or transmitted and later reconstructed
Usage: computing

Examples

• The magazine is serialising her new novel over twelve months.
• They’re serialising the documentary in weekly episodes.
• The newspaper began serialising the memoir last Sunday.
• The software is serialising the database records for backup.
• We’re serialising the object data before sending it over the network.
• The system finished serialising all user preferences to XML format.