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punctule|ˈpʌŋktjuːl|
Also in Lat. form punctulum |ˈpʌŋktjʊləm|, pl. -a.
[ad. L. punctul-um, dim. of punctum point.]
A small point; Nat. Hist., etc., a small punctum.
1640Wilkins New Planet ii. (1684) 82 What is this unto the vast frame of the whole Vniverse, but punctulum, such an insensible Point? 1837Whewell Hist. Induct. Sc. I. v. iii. 405 And what is the earth and the ambient air with respect to the immensity of the universe? It is a point, a punctule. |