Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The pointing of sentences, or a point or mark placed between the parts or members of a sentence; intermediate punctuation.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The insertion of points between words or sentences; punctuation.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The insertion of points between words or sentences; punctuation.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

Latin interpunctio, from interpungere, interpunctum, to interpoint. See inter- and point.

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Examples

  • I don't want the interpunction to be in bold, but then it often (not always) needs (a) space.

    Discussions: Message List - root 2009

  • And here is Smith's follow-up response (we added some interpunction, did some spelling checking and more): "So it seems a few professional apologists (you have to love them!) out there disagree with my 'every artist should value their art' musing and think it's ok for art

    Side-Line news feed 2009

  • And here is Smith's follow-up response (we added some interpunction, did some spelling checking and more): "So it seems a few professional apologists (you have to love them!) out there disagree with my 'every artist should value their art' musing and think it's ok for art

    Side-Line news feed 2009

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