˜yÐÄvlog

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punctation

[ puhngk-tey-shuhn ]

noun

  1. punctate condition or marking.
  2. one of the marks or depressions.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of punctation1

1610–20; < Medieval Latin ±èÅ«²Ô³¦³ÙÄå³Ù¾±Å²Ô-, stem of ±èÅ«²Ô³¦³ÙÄå³Ù¾±Å, equivalent to ±èÅ«²Ô³¦³ÙÄå³Ù ( us ) (past participle of ±èÅ«²Ô³¦³ÙÄå°ù±ð to mark with points; point ) + -¾±Å²Ô- -ion
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Example Sentences

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At least that’s what I think was going on; the script, mimicking the disorderly and pressurized output of a mind in fatal distress, speeds right past pauses and punctation as it twists multiple points of view into a furious screed:

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A defeat would not just put a grim punctation mark on a dismal year for Democrats, who have already surrendered eight seats along with control of the U.S.

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The other was the so-called congress of Ems, a meeting of the delegates of the four German archbishops, which resulted, on the 25th of August, in the celebrated “Punctation of Ems,†subsequently ratified and issued by the archbishops.

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In drawing up the “Punctation†he took no active part, but it was wholly inspired by his principles.

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In this particular case, the faint punctation of the surface may possibly indicate the presence of air vesicles of a size sufficiently great to be visible under the microscope.

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