appisode

noun
/ˈæp.ɪ.səʊd/UK/ˈæp.ə.soʊd/US

Etymology

Blend of app + episode.

  1. derived from *epīsodium
  2. borrowed from épisode
  3. compounded as appisode — “app + episode

Definitions

  1. An episode of a show in the form of an interactive software application.

    • Unlike a webisode, an appisode often incorporates interactive features. Players can tap on characters on the screen to make them talk, find hidden objects, or collect items as part of a quest.
    • Also the minor characters of a drama series can become somewhat more famous as the hero in a web series or “appisodes” for mobile devices.
    • Indeed, summative research on the first four appisodes found that, even after less than one hour with each appisode, children improved in all four topics, […]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for appisode. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA