Serial Comma (Harvard Comma, Oxford Comma, Series Comma) Glossary Definition

serial comma (Harvard comma, Oxford comma, series comma) is a glossary heading used for a concept related to parts of speech, noun, verb, adjective in technical communication, documentation, publishing, training, or information design.

The heading is useful as a searchable term because practitioners may encounter it as a source term, variant phrase, or related concept when working with parts of speech, noun, verb, adjective. The local entry explains the relationship without treating the terms as interchangeable unless they are true equivalents.