ˈpunctated, a.
[f. as prec. + -ed.]
† 1. Geom. Having a conjugate point or acnode: see conjugate a. 6 a. Obs. rare.
| [1704: see prec. 3.] 1710 J. Harris Lex. Techn. II, Punctated Hyperbola, is an Hyperbola whose Oval Conjugate is infinitely small, that is, a Point. 1753 Chambers Cycl. Supp. |
2. = punctate 1.
| 1752 Sir J. Hill Hist. Anim. 544 The Cat-a-Mountain,..with the upper spots virgated, the lower punctated. 1781–5 J. Latham Hist. Birds II. 541 Punctated Cuckow. 1869 G. Lawson Dis. Eye (1874) 84 Small punctated opacities on the posterior surface of the cornea. |
3. = punctate 4. rare—0.
| 1775 Ash, Punctated, drawn into a point. 1828 [see punctate 4]. |