n.
- an event or a sequence of events.
▸a finite period in which someone is affected by an illness.
- each of the instalments into which a serialized story or radio or television programme is divided.
- Music a passage containing distinct material or introducing a new subject.
▸a section between two choric songs in Greek tragedy.
Etymology
C17: from Gk epeisodion, neut. of epeisodios ‘coming in besides’.