punctum delens

noun

A dot placed above a letter to indicate that it is a copying error and should be ignored.

OriginLatin pūnctum dēlēns →
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Meanings

nounpunctum delens (plural puncta delentia)

plural puncta delentia

  1. communicationsA dot placed above a letter to indicate that it is a copying error and should be ignored.
  2. communicationsA dot placed above a consonant in Irish, when it is written in Gaelic script, to indicate that the consonant is lenited.

Origin

  1. Latinpūnctum dēlēns
  2. Englishpunctum delens

Unadapted borrowing from Latin pūnctum dēlēns.

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