epigraph
/ˈɛpɪˌɡɹæf/ · noun
Meaning
- An inscription, especially on a building.
- A literary quotation placed at the beginning of a book or other text.
- (of a function) The set of all points lying on or above the function's graph.
- To provide (a literary work) with an epigraph.
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