Look up: epigraph

1. epigraph
   [n] - a quotation at the beginning of some piece of writing 2. [n] - an engraved inscription
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2. epigraph
   chapter heading,quotation on a title page or at head of chapter Category: Printing and publishing
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3. Epigraph
   Ep'i·graph noun [ Greek ..., from ...: confer French épigraphe . See Epigram .] 1. Any inscription set upon a building; especially, one which has to do with the building itself, its founding or dedication. 2. (Literatu...
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4. epigraph
   1. Any inscription set upon a building; especially, one which has to do with the building itself, its founding or dedication. ... 2. A citation from some author, or a sentence framed for the purpose, placed at the beginning of a work or of its separate divisions; a motto. ... Origin: Gr, fr., cf. F....
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5. epigraph
   noun an engraved inscription
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6. Epigraph
   • (n.) Any inscription set upon a building; especially, one which has to do with the building itself, its founding or dedication. • (n.) A citation from some author, or a sentence framed for the purpose, placed at the beginning of a work or of its separate divisions; a motto.
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7. epigraph
   epigraph (EP i graf') 1. An inscription on a building, monument, gravestone, etc. 2. A motto or quotation at the beginning of a book, chapter, play, etc.
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8. epigraph
   epigraphy, epigraph, epigraphic 1. The science concerned with the interpretation, classification, etc. of inscriptions. Often in narrower sense: the paleography of inscriptions. 2. A motto or quotation at the beginning of a book, chapter, etc.
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9. Epigraph
   [mathematics] The same definitions are valid for a function that takes values in R ∪ ∞. In this case, the epigraph is empty if and only if f is identically equal to infinity. Similarly, the set of points on or below the function is its hypograph. ==Properties== A function is convex if an...
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10. Epigraph
    [literature] In literature, an epigraph is a phrase, quotation, or poem that is set at the beginning of a document or component. The epigraph may serve as a preface, as a summary, as a counter-example, or to link the work to a wider literary canon, either to invite comparison or to enlist a ...
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11. epigraph
    a quotation, taken from another literary work, that is placed at the start of a poem under the title. For example, T. S. Eliot's 'Gerontion' begins with a quotation from Shakespeare's play Measure for Measure.
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12. epigraph
    
    • a quotation at the beginning of some piece of writing
    • an engraved inscription
    
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13. Epigraph
    An epigraph is an inscription carved on a stone, statue or coin.
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