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ep⋅i⋅sode
[ep-uh-sohd, -zohd]
–noun
| 1. | an incident in the course of a series of events, in a person's life or experience, etc. |
| 2. | an incident, scene, etc., within a narrative, usually fully developed and either integrated within the main story or digressing from it. |
| 3. | one of a number of loosely connected, but usually thematically related, scenes or stories constituting a literary work. |
| 4. | epeisodion. |
| 5. | Music. an intermediate or digressive passage, esp. in a contrapuntal composition. |
| 6. | Movies, Radio, and Television. any one of the separate productions that constitute a serial. |
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ep·i·sode (ěp'ĭ-sōd') n.
[French épisode, from Greek epeisodion, parenthetic narrative, from neuter of epeisodios, coming in besides : epi-, epi- + eisodios, entering (eis, into; see en in Indo-European roots + hodos, way, journey).] |
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Episode
Ep"i*sode\, n. [Gr. ? a coming in besides, ? episode; ? into, besides + ? a coming in, ? into + ? way, cf. Skr. sad to go: cf. F. ['e]pisode.] (Rhet.) A separate incident, story, or action, introduced for the purpose of giving a greater variety to the events related; an incidental narrative, or digression, separable from the main subject, but naturally arising from it.
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Language Translation for : episode
Spanish:
episodio,
German:
die Episode,
Japanese:
挿話
episode
1678, from Gk. epeisodion "addition," originally neut. of epeisodios "coming in besides," from epi- "in addition" + eisodos "a coming in, entrance" (from eis "into" + hodos "way"). Originally commentary between two choric songs in Gk. tragedy; extended by 1679 to "any incidental narrative or digression in a story, poem, etc." Sense of "outstanding incident, experience" first recorded in Eng. 1773.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: ep·i·sode
Pronunciation: 'ep-&-"sOd also -"zOd
Function: noun
: an event that is distinctive and separate although partof a larger series; especially : an occurrence of a usually recurrent pathological abnormal condition
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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