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pag·i·na·tion

[paj-uh-ney-shuhn]
noun
1.
Bibliography. the number of pages or leaves of a book, manuscript, etc., identified in bibliographical description or cataloging.
2.
the figures by which pages are marked to indicate their sequence.
3.
the act of paginating.
4.
Printing.
a.
Also called computer-assisted makeup. a method of computerized page makeup in which copy and graphic elements are manipulated with the aid of a video display terminal.
b.
composition (def. 17).

Origin:
1835–45; < Latin pāgin(a) page1 + -ation

mis·pag·i·na·tion, noun
re·pag·i·na·tion, noun
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paginate (ˈpædʒɪˌneɪt)
 
vb
(tr) Compare foliate to number the pages of (a book, manuscript, etc) in sequence
 
pagi'nation
 
n

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pagination
1841, "action of marking page numbers," probably from Fr. pagination (1835), from L. pagina (see page (1)).
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