What does episodic mean?

Definitions for episodic
ˌɛp əˈsɒd ɪk, -ˈzɒd-episod·ic

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. episodicadjective

    of writing or narration; divided into or composed of episodes

    "the book is episodic and the incidents don't always hang together"

  2. episodic, occasionaladjective

    occurring or appearing at usually irregular intervals

    "episodic in his affections"; "occasional headaches"

  3. episodicadjective

    limited in duration to a single episode

    "an account concerned primarily with episodic events such as the succession of rulers"

Wiktionary

  1. episodicadjective

    relating to an episode

  2. episodicadjective

    sporadic, happening infrequently and irregularly

  3. episodicadjective

    made up a sequence of seemingly unconnected episodes

  4. Etymology: . Compare épisodique.

ChatGPT

  1. episodic

    Episodic generally refers to something happening, appearing, or organized in a series of separate segments or incidents, often as part of a larger sequence or pattern. It can be used in various contexts such as storytelling, memory, television programming, or other sequential events. Each episode usually has its own storyline, but there is typically an overarching narrative or structure connecting the episodes together.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Episodicadjective

    alt. of Episodical

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of episodic in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of episodic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of episodic in a Sentence

  1. Eom Joong-sik:

    Even if this arrives in communities, it's very unlikely to become pandemic, if we prevent transmissions between hospitals, we will see only episodic cases from now on.

  2. Steven Barr:

    Since the economic recovery has been sluggish and episodic, retailers can come to this season with strategies to not go promotional, but it only takes one or two to begin going promotional (to disrupt their strategies).

  3. Justin Fuller:

    This quarter was comparatively better but it wasn't resounding, trading is still largely episodic.

  4. Kian Saneii:

    We have a broken healthcare system based on an episodic model of fixing things, for the elderly, the goal is to prevent the next stage of care as long as possible, and dealing with isolation can help with that.

  5. Franklin Leonard:

    They have clearly been able to do it on the episodic side, I see no reason why they can't do it on the feature film side, the real challenge will be getting filmmakers in the door who want to make films for Amazon and giving those filmmakers the freedom to make the films that become '12 Years a Slave' or 'Birdman'.

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