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subpunctuation
subpunctuation n. 
/ˌsʌbpʌŋ(k)tjʊˈeɪʃn/, /ˈsʌbpʌŋ(k)tʃʊˌeɪʃn/, /ˈsʌbpʌŋ(k)tjʊˌeɪʃn/, /ˈsəbˌpəŋ(k)(t)ʃuˌeɪʃ(ə)n/ the action or an act of making dots or other small marks underneath text, typically to indicate error or cancellation.
Brit. /ˌsʌbpʌŋ(k)tʃʊˈeɪʃn/
, /ˌsʌbpʌŋ(k)tʃʊˈeɪʃn//ˌsʌbpʌŋ(k)tjʊˈeɪʃn//ˈsʌbpʌŋ(k)tʃʊˌeɪʃn//ˈsʌbpʌŋ(k)tjʊˌeɪʃn/U.S. /ˌsəbˌpəŋ(k)(t)ʃuˈeɪʃ(ə)n/
, /ˌsəbˌpəŋ(k)(t)ʃuˈeɪʃ(ə)n//ˈsəbˌpəŋ(k)(t)ʃuˌeɪʃ(ə)n/ΘΚΠ
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pointing1440
distinction1552
punctuation1593
punctation1617
interpunctiona1631
stopping1728
interpunctuation1827
subpunctuation1891
1891 W. Peterson in tr. Quintilian Institutionis Oratoriae: Liber Decimus Introd. p. lxvii The subpunctuation of these letters by the second hand by the Bambergensis.
1908 H. Hall Stud. Eng. Off. Hist. Doc. 384 Confession of a blunder by the process of subpunctuation must have been particularly distasteful to a mediaeval scribe.
1997 Eng. Hist. Rev. 112 592 Part of word cancelled by subpunctuation.
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