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ep⋅i⋅sode

  [ep-uh-sohd, -zohd]
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–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.
Origin:
1670–80; < Gk epeisódion addition, episode, n. use of neut. of epeisódios coming in addition, equiv. to ep- ep- + eísod(os) entrance (eis- into + (h)odós road, way) + -ios adj. suffix

Synonyms:
1. happening. See event.

ep⋅ei⋅so⋅di⋅on

  [ep-ahy-soh-dee-on]
–noun, plural -di⋅a  [-dee-uh] .
(in ancient Greek drama) an interlude or section alternating with the stasimon, esp. in tragedy, varying in number from three to six and containing the main action of the drama.
Also, episode.

Origin:
< Gk epeisódion; see episode
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ep·i·sode   (ěp'ĭ-sōd')   
n.  
    1. An incident or event that is part of a progression or a larger sequence: "South Africa may remain one of history's most tragic episodes" (Bayard Rustin).
    2. One of a series of related events in the course of a continuous account. See Synonyms at occurrence.
    3. A separate part of a serialized work, such as a novel or play.
    4. A separate program that is part of a television or radio series.
  2. A portion of a narrative that relates an event or a series of connected events and forms a coherent story in itself; an incident: an episode in a picaresque novel.
    1. A separate part of a serialized work, such as a novel or play.
    2. A separate program that is part of a television or radio series.
  4. A section of a classic Greek tragedy that occurs between two choric songs.
  5. Music A passage between statements of a main subject or theme, as in a rondo or fugue.

[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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