"punctum delens" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: puncta delentia [plural]
Etymology: From the Latin. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|-}} Latin Head templates: {{en-noun|puncta delentia}} punctum delens (plural puncta delentia)
  1. (orthography) A dot placed above a letter to indicate that it is a copying error and should be ignored. Categories (topical): Orthography
    Sense id: en-punctum_delens-en-noun-5gYIUZNS Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, orthography, publishing, writing
  2. (orthography) A dot placed above a consonant in Irish, when it is written in Gaelic script, to indicate that the consonant is lenited. Categories (topical): Orthography
    Sense id: en-punctum_delens-en-noun-r4ZHAKQA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 26 74 Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, orthography, publishing, writing

Inflected forms

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