epigraph

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epigraph (plural epigraphs)

1. an inscription, especially one on a building etc
2. a literary quotation placed at the beginning of a book etc
3. (mathematics) (of a function) the set of all points lying on or above its graph

[edit] Related terms

• epigraphy
• epigrapher or epigraphist