episodic
episodic
Definition
epi·sodic (ep′ə säd′ik)
adjective
- having the nature of an episode; incidental
- divided into episodes, often not closely related or well integrated
ep′i·sod′i·cally adverb
episodic
Synonyms
episodic
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- memory: Memories about events or episodes in our life are called episodic memories.
- headache: Have episodic headache relevant not only customers last summer.
- retrieval: Functional imaging dissociations within right prefrontal cortex during episodic memory retrieval.
- gaming: Most forays into truly episodic gaming have, tho, met sticky ends.
- narrative: Episodic narrative - The mission-based structure of Alan Wake creates an episodic narrative similar to a deeply structured dramatic television series.
- nature: Yet their episodic, surreal nature belies the illusion of conventional space.
Modifying Another Word
- too: For Russell's History of Western Philosophy is simply too long, too episodic, too tiring to be read like that.
- very: Hydrological Summary for May 2000 The very episodic weather patterns, which have typified the year thus far, continued in May.
- highly: In particular much previous work has been based on weekly sampling schemes which are inappropriate to the highly episodic nature of the particulate flux.
- rather: Ian has shown tremendous promise so far in a limited and rather episodic racing career.
- probably: The gas seepage which is believed to produce the pockmarks is probably episodic in nature and may have persisted for several thousand years.
- somewhat: Most essays were well-structured; one or two papers were longwinded, too chatty, and somewhat episodic in their structure.
Preposition: in
- nature: The gas seepage which is believed to produce the pockmarks is probably episodic in nature and may have persisted for several thousand years.
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