episode

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

ep·i·sode (ĕpʹĭ-sōd')n.
1.
a. An incident or event that is part of a progression or a larger sequence: “South Africa may remain one of history's most tragic episodes” (Bayard Rustin).
b. One of a series of related events in the course of a continuous account. See Synonyms at occurrence.
2. A portion of a narrative that relates an event or a series of connected events and forms a coherent story in itself; an incident:
an episode in a picaresque novel.
3.
a. A separate part of a serialized work, such as a novel or play.
b. A separate program that is part of a television or radio series.
4. A section of a classic Greek tragedy that occurs between two choric songs.
5. Music. A passage between statements of a main subject or theme, as in a rondo or fugue. [French épisode, from Greek epeisodion, parenthetic narrative, from neuter of epeisodios, coming in besides : epi-, epi- + eisodios, entering (eis, into; See en in Indo-European Roots + hodos, way, journey).]

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  sequence, installment, instalment