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epigraph

/ˈɛpɪˌɡɹæf/

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noun

Epígrafe, inscripción

An inscription, especially on a building.

Examples :

"The library's imposing facade featured an epigraph carved in stone, a quote from a famous author about the importance of reading. "

La imponente fachada de la biblioteca presentaba una inscripción tallada en piedra, una cita de un autor famoso sobre la importancia de la lectura.

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noun

Epígrafe, cita

A literary quotation placed at the beginning of a book or other text.

Examples :

"The author began her novel with an epigraph from Shakespeare, setting the tone for the story about love and loss. "

La autora comenzó su novela con una epígrafe de Shakespeare, estableciendo el tono para la historia sobre el amor y la pérdida.

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noun

Epígrafe

(of a function) The set of all points lying on or above the function's graph.

Examples :

"To visualize the function's efficiency, the software displayed the epigraph as a shaded region above the performance curve. "

Para visualizar la eficiencia de la función, el software mostró el epígrafe como una región sombreada por encima de la curva de rendimiento.

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verb

Proporcionar (una obra literaria) con un epígrafe

To provide (a literary work) with an epigraph.

Examples :

"The author epigraphered her new novel with a quote from her grandmother's favorite poem. "

La autora proporcionó a su nueva novela un epígrafe con una cita del poema favorito de su abuela.

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