pagination

[ paj-uh-ney-shuhn ]

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noun

Bibliography. the number of pages or leaves of a book, manuscript, etc., identified in bibliographical description or cataloging.
the figures by which pages are marked to indicate their sequence.
the act of paginating.
Printing.
1. 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.
2. composition ( def 17 ).

1835–45; < Latin pāgin(a) page ¹ + -ation

Your letter was easily read, the pagination presented no difficulty, and I read it with much edification and gusto.

Later issues of this edition have added, under separate pagination, Drum-Taps, pp.

See table of contents in the main volume for pagination; line numbers refer to the text, not to the physical page.

The pagination of the editions varies and a page reference would be useful for only one edition.

On occasion, the pagination shown here may be slightly disordered.

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