punctum delens (English, noun)
expansion: punctum delens (plural puncta delentia)
Senses:
topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
orthography
publishing
writing
glosses: A dot placed above a letter to indicate that it is a copying error and should be ignored.
topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
orthography
publishing
writing
glosses: A dot placed above a consonant in Irish, when it is written in Gaelic script, to indicate that the consonant is lenited.
Forms:
form: puncta delentia
tags: plural