pagination

[ paj-uh-ney-shuhn ]

/ ˌpædʒ əˈneɪ ʃən /

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noun

Bibliography. the number of pages or leaves of a book, manuscript, etc., identified in bibliographical description or cataloging.

the figures by which pages are marked to indicate their sequence.

the act of paginating.

Printing.

Also called computer-assisted makeup. a method of computerized page makeup in which copy and graphic elements are manipulated with the aid of a video display terminal.
composition (def. 17).

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Origin of pagination

1835–45; <Latin pāgin(a)page¹ + -ation

OTHER WORDS FROM pagination

mis·pag·i·na·tion, nounre·pag·i·na·tion, noun

Words nearby pagination

Paget's disease, page-turner, pageview, paginal, paginate, pagination, paging, Paglia, Pagliacci, I, pagne, Pagnol

How to use pagination in a sentence

Your letter was easily read, the pagination presented no difficulty, and I read it with much edification and gusto.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25)|Robert Louis Stevenson
Later issues of this edition have added, under separate pagination, Drum-Taps, pp.
The Bibliography of Walt Whitman|Frank Shay
See table of contents in the main volume for pagination; line numbers refer to the text, not to the physical page.
Selections from Early Middle English 1130-1250: Part II: Notes|Various
The pagination of the editions varies and a page reference would be useful for only one edition.
A History of Bibliographies of Bibliographies|Archer Taylor

On occasion, the pagination shown here may be slightly disordered.
Archaic England|Harold Bayley