punctuation
punctuationnoun[mass noun]- the marks, such as full stop, comma, and brackets, used in writing to separate sentences and their elements and to clarify meaning
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- (Biology)rapid or sudden speciation, as suggested by the theory of punctuated equilibrium
(生)(点断性平衡说提出的)新物种迅速(或突然)的形成
派生punctuationaladjective语源- mid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin punctuatio(n-), from the verb punctuare (see punctuate)
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