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paginate

verb/ˈpæd͡ʒəneɪt/

What It Means

To number the pages of (a book or other document); to foliate.

To divide (a continuous stream of text) into pages.

To separate (data) into batches, so that it can be retrieved with a number of smaller requests.

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Paginate in Context

“Each table is now paginated. That makes it straightforward if you wish to print a few pages of a long table by entering the page numbers required into the printer file.”

— 2022 January 26, Barry Doe, “Fabrik offers an end to hard times”, in RAIL, number 949, page 38

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Did You Know?

From Medieval Latin paginare, from Latin pagina.

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