Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Punctate; dotted; finely pitted.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pointed; ending in a point or points.
- adjective (Nat. Hist.) Dotted with small spots of color, or with minute depressions or pits.
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- adjective
pointed ; ending in apoint or points - adjective biology dotted with small spots of colour, or with minute depressions or pits
Etymologies
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Examples
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And so has John McCain. [as punctated by CNN transcribers]
Global Language Monitor’s debate analysis nonsense (Part 1) « Motivated Grammar 2008
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I told Gayle that using her research to impugn Ives's character was like using Gould's theory of punctated equilibrium an argument for creationism.
Once More into the Breach Lisa Hirsch 2008
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P.O. Dolphin's Barn: the transliterated name and address of the addresser of the 3 letters in reversed alphabetic boustrophedonic punctated quadrilinear cryptogram (vowels suppressed) N. IGS.
Ulysses James Joyce 1911
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The mood across the way shifts to Spanish with the Drake Building from 1929, which includes an almost comically opulent corner tower - and then shifts again at the neighboring Carlos Club, an art moderne box with an aqua-green glass wall punctated by two enormous porthole windows, catching the eye of passing drivers with an effusive stroke of neon.
SFGate: Top News Stories John King 2011
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After 6 h exposure the junctions of many of the Caco-2 cells were disrupted either focally or completely, and the ZO-1 staining was punctated on the junctions.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ram Naresh et al. 2009
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P.O. Dolphin’s Barn: the transliterated name and address of the addresser of the 3 letters in reversed alphabetic boustrophedonic punctated quadrilinear cryptogram (vowels suppressed) N. IGS.
Ulysses 2003
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