episode
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ep·i·sode
(ĕp'ĭ-sōd') 
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- 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).
- One of a series of related events in the course of a continuous account. See synonyms at occurrence.
- 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.
- A separate part of a serialized work, such as a novel or play.
- A separate program that is part of a television or radio series.
- A section of a classic Greek tragedy that occurs between two choric songs.
- 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 + hodos, way, journey).]
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episode
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- Something significant that happens: circumstance, development, event, happening, incident, news, occasion, occurrence, thing. See happen.
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Episode
A subsidiary or intermediate section of a rondo or other musical form; in fugue, any passage in which the subject is not heard.
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episode (epeisodion), in Greek tragedy, the dialogue between two choral odes, corresponding to the modern ‘act’ (see TRAGEDY
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episode
A noteworthy happening occurring in the course of a continuous series of events.
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categories related to 'episode'
- Mental States, Processes, and Behavior - episode: specific instance of behavior or condition
- Television Programming and Institutions - episode: regular installment of ongoing program
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Episode
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For other uses, see Episode (disambiguation).
An episode (from Greek ἐπεισόδιον – epeisodion, "parenthetic addition"[1]) is a part of a dramatic work such as a serial television or radio program. An episode is a part of a sequence of a body of work, akin to a chapter of a book. The term sometimes applies to works based on other forms of mass media as well, as in Star Wars. Episodes of news programs are also known as editions.
Episodes which end in the middle of a climactic moment are often called cliffhangers, after the name used for early movie serials. Such episodes can be nearly daily occurrences in soap operas and are frequently used in season finales of many prime time shows.
Episodes can be part of a larger story arc stretched out over a time period covering one or more seasons, or even an entire series run. This is especially prevalent in dramatic television series, including soap operas or science fiction series. Other genres to feature story arcs include comedies and animated programming.
Concept
The idea of stories being told in episodes has origins in serialized literature, and in Aristotle's Poetics as "pataka". Another early example of this is the One Thousand and One Nights (Arabian Nights), which consisted of a series of serialized stories, or "serialized novels" or novellas.[2]
Shows usually have numbers or codes (aka, Production codes/numbers) for each episode. The X-Files, for example, assigned a code in the format "sXnn", with "s" identifying the season number and "nn" being a two-digit number for each episode, starting with "01".
Many talk shows do not give episodes titles. However, some talk shows have given episodes titles, such as Conan, The Jerry Springer Show and The Steve Wilkos Show.
In addition, the word episode can also refer to a portion of a tragic play; this usually being associated with those of the ancient Greeks.
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References
- ^ ἐπεισόδιον, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus
- ^ Waisman, Sergio (2003), "The Thousand and One Nights in Argentina: Translation, Narrative, and Politics in Borges, Puig, and Piglia", Comparative Literature Studies 40 (4): 351–71, doi:10.1353/cls.2003.0038
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Episode
Dansk (Danish)
n. - afsnit, mellemstykke, episode, sidehandling, hændelse
Nederlands (Dutch)
episode, aflevering, scène, reeks van gebeurtenissen
Français (French)
n. - épisode
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - επεισόδιο
Português (Portuguese)
n. - episódio (m), capítulo (m) (de um seriado)
Русский (Russian)
эпизод, случай, происшествие, серия
Español (Spanish)
n. - episodio, incidente, lance
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - episod, avsnitt, del
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
插曲, 有趣的事件, 插话
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 插曲, 有趣的事件, 插話
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 삽화, 대화 장면, 에피소드
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - エピソード, 挿話, 挿話的なでき事
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) حلقه في مسلسل
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - מקרה, אפיזודה
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