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🔵 Made of points ⚫ Dot-shaped
punctiform

punctiform

9.9
Looking like a small point or dot
  • adjective
  • /ˈpʌŋktɪˌfɔrm/
  • Specialized
translation icon : punctiforme
  • The artist used a punctiform style, creating images that looked like they were made entirely of tiny dots.

Examples

  • Her dress was decorated with a punctiform pattern, giving it a unique and eye-catching appearance.

  • Both of my patients had had bleeding at the nose from childhood, and both presented numerous punctiform angiomata on the skin of the face and on the mucous membrane of the nose, lips, cheeks, and tongue.

    Academic text (2003)

  • The scientist noted that the punctiform markings on the specimen were crucial for identifying its species.

Synonyms

punctate
vspunctiform
  • Specialized
1 8.9

Having many small dots or spots on skin and leaves

is shaped like a single point rather than being surface marked

Antonyms

extended
4 3.5

Stretched out to a longer length in space

Surface Forms

punctiform positive

Morphology

punctiform = punct + iform

Formed from the combining form 'punct-' (point) + the suffix '-iform' (‑shaped); the meaning 'having the form of a point/dot' is inferable for those who know related technical words but not fully obvious to average learners.

Etymology

The word punctiform comes from the Latin root punct- meaning 'point' and the ending -form meaning 'shape', as in puncture or punctual. So punctiform means 'point-shaped' and is used for dots or marks that look like tiny points.