punctum

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun punctum has 1 sense

punctum(n = noun.body) Array - (anatomy) a point or small area; Array

is a kind of

point

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CIDE DICTIONARY

punctum, n. [L., a point.].

A point. [1913 Webster]

∥Punctum cæcum. [L., blind point.] (Anat.) Same as Blind spot, under Blind. -- ∥Punctum proximum, near point. See under Point. -- ∥Punctum remotum, far point. See under Point. -- ∥Punctum vegetationis [L., point of vegetation] (Bot.), the terminal cell of a stem, or of a leaf bud, from which new growth originates.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

punctum, n. (pl. puncta) Biol. a speck, dot, spot of colour, etc., or an elevation or depression on a surface.

Etymology

L, = POINT

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