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Introductory quotation
Answer for the clue "Introductory quotation ", 8 letters:
epigraph
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In mathematics , the epigraph or supergraph of a function f : R → R is the set of points lying on or above its graph : epi f = {( x , μ ) : x ∈ R, μ ∈ R, μ ≥ f ( x )} ⊆ R. The strict epigraph is the epigraph with the graph itself removed: epi f = {( x , ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1620s, "inscription on a building, statue, etc.," from Greek epigraphe "an inscription," from epigraphein "to mark the surface, just pierce; write on, inscribe; to register; inscribe one's name, endorse," from epi "on" (see epi- ) + graphein "to write" ...
Usage examples of epigraph.
I gratefully acknowledge the following sources, not only for the information they offered me about bees, beekeeping, and honey making but also for providing the epigraph at the beginning of each chapter: The Dancing Bees by Karl Von Frisch, The Honey Bee by James L.
They contain, according to him, mostly proper names, with devotional formulae, similar to those of the Sinaitic inscriptions and the Kufic and later epigraphs which we discovered.
The coyer had flopped open to an epigraph on the first page of the 18th century tome, which read: Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causes.
The main problem is that we have no other matching epigraphs anywhere else in the world to act as a guide.