episode
noun
[ ˈɛpɪsəʊd ]
• an event or a group of events occurring as part of a sequence; an incident or period considered in isolation.
• "the whole episode has been a major embarrassment"
Similar:
incident,
event,
occurrence,
happening,
occasion,
interlude,
chapter,
experience,
adventure,
exploit,
matter,
affair,
business,
circumstance,
set of circumstances,
thing,
ordeal,
trial,
• each of the separate instalments into which a serialized story or radio or television programme is divided.
• "the final episode of the series"
Similar:
instalment,
section,
chapter,
scene,
act,
passage,
part,
division,
portion,
subsection,
segment,
component,
programme,
show,
Origin:
late 17th century (denoting a section between songs in Greek tragedy): from Greek epeisodion, neuter of epeisodios ‘coming in besides’, from epi ‘in addition’ + eisodos ‘entry’ (from eis ‘into’ + hodos ‘way’).