[ep.i.sode] n [Gk epeisodion, fr. neut. of epeisodios coming in besides, fr. epi- + eisodios coming in, fr. eis into (akin to Gk en in) + hodos road, journey--more at in] (1678) 1: a usu. brief unit of action in a dramatic or literary work: as a: the part of an ancient Greek tragedy between two choric songs b: a developed situation that is integral to but separable from a continuous narrative: incident c: one of a series of loosely connected stories or scenes d: the part of a serial presented at one performance
2: an event that is distinctive and separate although part of a larger series
3: a digressive subdivision in a musical composition syn see occurrence