(n) a theory of evolution holding that evolutionary change in the fossil record came in fits and starts rather than in a steady process of slow change, Syn.theory of punctuated equilibrium
v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Punctuated p. pr. & vb. n. Punctuating. ] [ Cf. F. ponctuer. See Punctual. ] To mark with points; to separate into sentences, clauses, etc., by points or stops which mark the proper pauses in expressing the meaning. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. ponctuation. ] (Gram.) The act or art of punctuating or pointing a writing or discourse; the art or mode of dividing literary composition into sentences, and members of a sentence, by means of points, so as to elucidate the author's meaning. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ Punctuation, as the term is usually understood, is chiefly performed with four points: the period [ . ], the colon [ : ], the semicolon [ ; ], and the comma [ , ]. Other points used in writing and printing, partly rhetorical and partly grammatical, are the note of interrogation [ ? ], the note of exclamation [ ! ], the parentheses [ () ], the dash [ -- ], and brackets [ ]. It was not until the 16th century that an approach was made to the present system of punctuation by the Manutii of Venice. With Caxton, oblique strokes took the place of commas and periods. [ 1913 Webster ]
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เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
