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middle point

middle point noun: the Ancient Greek punctuation mark ⸳, sitting between the height of the period and the height of the high point, used for a short pause.

Noun

middle point (plural middle points)

  1. The Ancient Greek punctuation mark ⸳, sitting between the height of the period and the height of the high point, used for a short pause.
    • A more regular system was developed in the schools of Alexandria, its invention being ascribed to Aristophanes of Byzantium (260 B.C.). This was the use of the full point with certain values in certain positions (θέσεις) : the high point (στιγμὴ τελεία), equivalent to a full stop; the point on the...1893, Edward M. Thompson, Handbook of Greek and Latin Palaeography, New York: D. Appleton and Co., page 70
    • The point at the top of the line (·) (στιγμὴ τελεία, 'high point’) was a full stop; that on the line (.) (ὑποστιγμή) was equal to our semicolon, while a middle point (στιγμὴ μέση) was equivalent to our comma. But gradually changes came over these stops till the top point was equal to our colon, the...1914, A. T. Robertson, A grammar of the Greek New Testament in the light of historical research, page 242

middle point meaning in Tamil

middle point in Tamil

மையப்புள்ளி

Examples of middle point in a sentence

  • But the middle point eventually disappeared; and about the ninth century the comma was introduced.1893, Edward M. Thompson, Handbook of Greek and Latin Palaeography, New York: D. Appleton and Co., page 70:
  • The use of the middle point eventually died out, its place having been taken by the comma starting about the ninth century.2012, Nancy Pardee, The Genre and Development of the Didache: A Text-linguistic Analysis, Mohr Siebeck, page 81:

Synonyms of middle point

Forms of middle point

pluralmiddle points

Questions about middle point

What does middle point mean?
Middle point means the Ancient Greek punctuation mark ⸳, sitting between the height of the period and the height of the high point, used for a short pause.
What is middle point in Tamil?
Middle point in Tamil is மையப்புள்ளி. See Middle point meaning in Tamil.
How do you use middle point in a sentence?
But the middle point eventually disappeared; and about the ninth century the comma was introduced.
What part of speech is middle point?
Middle point is a noun.
What is the plural of middle point?
The plural of middle point is middle points.

Words near middle point in the dictionary

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