epigraph

English

The green set is the epigraph of the blue function

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐπιγραφή (epigraphḗ, “inscription”), from ἐπιγράφω (epigráphō, “write upon”), from ἐπῐ- (epi-, “on, upon, over, etc.”) +‎ γρᾰ́φω (gráphō, “to draw, paint, write, etc.”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛpɪˌɡɹæf/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

epigraph (plural epigraphs)

1. An inscription, especially on a building.
2. A literary quotation placed at the beginning of a book or other text.
3. (mathematics, of a function) The set of all points lying on or above the function's graph.

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “mathematics”): hypograph

Related terms

• epigram
• epigraphy
• epigrapher or epigraphist

Translations

inscription

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: epígraf (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 題詞／题词 (zh) (tící), 碑文 (zh) (bēiwén)

• Esperanto: epigrafo
• Estonian: epigraaf
• Finnish: epigrafi
• French: épigraphe (fr) f
• Friulian: epigrafe f
• German: Epigraph (de) n
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἐπιγραφή f (epigraphḗ)

• Hungarian: felirat (hu)
• Irish: eipeagraf m
• Italian: epigrafe (it) f
• Japanese: 碑文 (ja) (ひぶん, hibun), エピグラフ (epigurafu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: epigraf m

  Nynorsk: epigraf m

• Polish: epigraf (pl) m
• Portuguese: epígrafe (pt) f
• Romanian: epigraf (ro)
• Russian: эпи́граф (ru) m (epígraf)
• Serbo-Croatian: епѝграф m
• Spanish: epígrafe (es) m
• Swedish: epigraf (sv) c

literary quotation placed at the beginning of a text

• Armenian: բնաբան (hy) (bnaban)
• Czech: motto (cs) n
• Dutch: motto (nl) n
• French: épigraphe (fr) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: epigraf m

  Nynorsk: epigraf m

• Polish: motto (pl) n, epigraf (pl) m
• Portuguese: epígrafe (pt) f
• Romanian: epigraf (ro)
• Russian: эпиграф (ru) m (epigraf)
• Spanish: epígrafe (es) m
• Ukrainian: епіграф (epihraf)

set of all points lying on or above a mathematical function's graph

• French: épigraphe (fr) m

Verb

epigraph (third-person singular simple present epigraphs, present participle epigraphing, simple past and past participle epigraphed)

1. (transitive) To provide (a literary work) with an epigraph.

Anagrams

• pie graph