Division of a sentence by stops, punctuation; a point or stop. Obsolete.
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释义 | society > communication > writing > written character > punctuation > [noun] > point or stop (20) distinction1552 Division of a sentence by stops, punctuation; a point or stop. Obsolete. stay1596 A stop, sign in punctuation; the pause indicated by a stop. Obsolete. stop1598 A mark or point of punctuation. interpunction1617 concrete. A point inserted in writing. punctc1620 A dot or other small mark used in punctuation, as a diacritic, etc.; = point, n.1 16. Cf. punctus, n. punctum1652 †A point used as a punctuation mark, a full stop (obsolete). Also: (Palaeography) = punctus, n. interpoint1684 A point or ‘stop’ inserted between words. interstinctive point1696 Serving to divide or mark off. interstinctive point, a punctuation-mark. dot1699 In various systems of writing or of dividing text. A point used in punctuation, as in the full stop (.), colon (:), etc., or as one of a series used… interpunctuation1717 = interpunction, n. guard-stops1866 the two points placed one on each side of a numeral, letter, figure, etc. distinctive1874 Hebrew Grammar. A distinctive accent: see A. 4. interpunct1898 A point between words in writing. punctus elevatus1951 In medieval manuscripts: a punctuation mark similar in appearance to an inverted semicolon, used to indicate a pause intermediate in length between… punctus versus1951 In medieval manuscripts: a punctuation mark similar in appearance to a semicolon, used to indicate a relatively long pause or a major break. Cf. pu… punctus1954 In medieval (originally liturgical) manuscripts: a point used to indicate a short pause or minor break; also called punctum. Cf. punctus elevatus, n.… Subcategories:— full stop (4) |
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