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1. A happening that is distinctive in a series of related events
    
2. A brief section of a literary or dramatic work that forms part of a connected series
    
3. A part of a broadcast serial
   - installment [N. Amer], instalment
    
4. Film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie
   - sequence

Derived forms: episodes

Type of: broadcast, film, happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent, photographic film, program, programme [Brit, Cdn], section, subdivision

Part of: film, flick, motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic, picture, picture show, serial, series

Encyclopedia: Episode