— punctuational, punctuative , adj.
/pungk'chooh ay"sheuhn/ , n.
1. the practice or system of using certain conventional marks or characters in writing or printing in order to separate elements and make the meaning clear, as in ending a sentence or separating clauses.
2. the act of punctuating.
3. punctuation marks.
[ 1530-40; punctuation- (s. of punctuatio ) a marking, pointing. See PUNCTUATE, -ION ]