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発音

• IPA: /ˈɪntə(ɹ)ˌpɔɪnt/

名詞

interpoint (plural interpoints)

1. (typography) Synonym of interpunct ⟨·⟩.

語源 2

From inter- +‎ point.

発音

• IPA: /ˌɪntə(ɹ)ˈpɔɪnt/

名詞

interpoint (plural interpoints)

1. A small division or individual feature between others.
   • 2001, Don J. Feeney, Motifs : the transformative creation of self‎, page 120:

     Creative brilliance is the interpoint between the being of unique motif becoming the artist in refined design.

2. (obsolete) A pause.

動詞

interpoint (third-person singular simple present interpoints, present participle interpointing, simple past and past participle interpointed)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To mark with stops or pauses; to punctuate.
   • 1595, Samuel Daniel, “(please specify the folio number)”, in The First Fowre Bookes of the Ciuile Wars between the Two Houses of Lancaster and Yorke, London: […] P[eter] Short for Simon Waterson, →OCLC:

     Her heart commands, her words should pass out first, / And then her sighs should interpoint her words; / The whiles her eyes out into tears should burst.