episode

episode

1. an incident, sequence, or scene that forms part of a narrative but may be a digression from the main story

2. (in ancient Greek tragedy) a section between two choric songs

3. Music a contrasting section between statements of the subject, as in a fugue or rondo

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episode

any ‘historically located sequence of change’ (e.g. the origins of PRISTINE STATES) with ‘a specific opening, trend of events and outcome’, but not a part of any necessary sequence of social development (GIDDENS, 1981). see also EPISODIC CHARACTERIZATION.

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episode

[′ep·ə‚sōd]

(geology)

A distinctive event or series of events in the geologic history of a region or feature.

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