punctum in English
Barthes writes, ‘However lightning-like it may be, the punctum has, more or less potentially, a power of expansion.’
Use "punctum" in a sentence
1. In canaliculitis, the punctum and Canaliculus are red and swollen; in dacryocystitis, the punctum and Canaliculus are normal, but a red, swollen, tender mass is located in or near the lacrimal sac
2. The cord Canalises from the third month beginning at the eyelid punctum and extends toward the nose
3. Adherens junctions occur in different cell types, and either form plaque-containing linear (zonula adhaerens) or punctate (punctum adhaerens
4. Ideoque vis qua corpus oscillans urgetur in Cycloidis principio seu puncto altissimo, id est vis gravitatis, erit ad resistentiam ut arcus Cycloidis inter punctum illud supremum & punctum infimum C ad arcum CO; id est (si arcus duplicentur) ut Cycloidis totius arcus, seu dupla penduli longitudo, ad …
5. There are several anatomical eponyms attributed to Antoine Ferrein, including: "Ferrein's canal": (rivus lacrimalis); A space between the eyelids when closed and the eyeball through which tears flow to the lacrimal punctum.
6. ‘Systemic effects from eye drops can be reduced by occlusion of the punctum (finger pressed on the caruncle, which is felt as a lump at the inner Canthus of the eye) or shutting the …
7. In regards to epiphora, conjunctivochalasis is hypothesized to contribute in two ways: First, the reduplicated folds of Conjunctiva disrupt the inferior tear lake (Figures 1 and 2) and, second, the Conjunctiva itself can cause a mechanical blockage of the inferior punctum
8. ‘It is a surrealistic tale Ambiguously told on the subject of alien abduction.’ ‘The set of four gouaches on paper Ambiguously stages tensions among the four men in a barren gray landscape.’ ‘Forgiveness was the punctum I found in Unforgiven and which is already there in the text, if Ambiguously.’
9. ‘The true antecedent of the modern vanishing point is Guidobaldo's punctum concursus (point of Concurrence).’ ‘The orthocenter is one of the four concurrency points in a triangle.’ ‘Theorems on Concurrence of lines, segments, or circles associated with triangles all deal with three or more objects passing through the same point.’
10. An Archimedean point (Latin: Punctum Archimedis) is a hypothetical standpoint from which an observer can objectively perceive the subject of inquiry with a view of totality (i.e., a god's-eye view); or a reliable starting point from which one may reason.In other words, a view from an Archimedean point describes the ideal of "removing oneself" from the object of study so that one can see it in
11. Appoint (v.) late 14c., "to decide, resolve; to arrange the time of (a meeting, etc.)," from Anglo-French Appointer, Old French apointier "make ready, arrange, settle, place" (12c., Modern French Appointer), from apointer "duly, fitly," from phrase à point "to the point," from a-"to" (see ad-) + point "point," from Latin punctum "small hole made by pricking" (from nasalized form of PIE root