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afterscript

afterscript noun: a postscript.

Noun

afterscript (plural afterscripts)

  1. (rare) A postscript.
    • Following a succession of screenings, the original videotape was edited according to an “afterscript” prepared by the Project Director and Registrar Associate in collaboration with advisement groups and the production company on contract to [...]1979, Marjorie E. Hoachlander, Profile of a Museum Registrar - Page 35
    • Like Cage's Roaratorio, the mixing is so complex and the overlays overlay so elaborately and densely that a written transcription of the piece (an afterscript as with Kagel) would be too linear, and is not possible.2001, Andreas Stuhlmann, Radio-Kultur und Hör-Kunst

Forms of afterscript

pluralafterscripts

Origin of afterscript

From after- + script.

Questions about afterscript

What does afterscript mean?
Afterscript means a postscript.
What part of speech is afterscript?
Afterscript is a noun.
What is the plural of afterscript?
The plural of afterscript is afterscripts.

Words near afterscript in the dictionary

  1. aftersales
  2. aftersaw
  3. afterscent
  4. afterscents
  5. afterschool
  6. afterscript
  7. afterscripts
  8. aftersee
  9. afterseeing
  10. afterseen
  11. aftersees

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