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episodic Definition

epi·sodic (ep′ə sädik)

adjective

  1. having the nature of an episode; incidental
  2. divided into episodes, often not closely related or well integrated

episodic Related Forms
ep′i·sodi·cally adverb
episodic Synonyms

episodic

modif.

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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