Epigraph

Full definition of epigraph

Noun

1. an inscription, especially one 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.

Related terms

• epigraphy
• epigrapher or epigraphist

Antonyms

• (mathematics) hypograph