Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or condition of being punctate, in any of the senses of that word.
- noun In civil law, a document made between the parties before the contract to which it refers as binding force, generally merely with the object of putting clearly before them the principal points discussed.
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- noun A preliminary
treaty orcontract , for example the Punctation of Olmütz. - noun botany
markings of minutespots ,holes , ordepressions
Etymologies
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Examples
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Like word choice and syntax, punctation is a chance for the writer to infuse their style into their writing.
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Like word choice and syntax, punctation is a chance for the writer to infuse their style into their writing.
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Everything on the page has to work for the story – from the characters to the language to punctation.
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Can random heritable variation and natural selection generate a code, a language, with letters (nucleotide bases), words (codons), punctation (stop codons), and syntax?
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Can random heritable variation and natural selection generate a code, a language, with letters (nucleotide bases), words (codons), punctation (stop codons), and syntax?
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Can random heritable variation and natural selection generate a code, a language, with letters (nucleotide bases), words (codons), punctation (stop codons), and syntax?
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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.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887 Various
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Use freely punctation over superficial nerves, and firm kneading and stroking with the thumbs.
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Sarcasm, Inc are here to solve the problem, as they introduced the SarcMark, the "sarcasm punctation mark".
iToot Stream 2010
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Sarcasm, Inc are here to solve the problem, as they introduced the SarcMark, the "sarcasm punctation mark".
iToot Stream 2010
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