MSN home
Mail
My MSN
encarta
greeting cards
encarta
®
Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
puncheon (2)
Punchinello
punching bag
punchline
punchy
punctate
punctilio
punctilious
punctual
punctuate
punctuated equilibrium
punctuation
punctuation mark
puncture
pundit
Pune
pung
Also available:
World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français
punctual
punc·tu·al
[
púngkchoo əl
]
adjective
Definition:
1.
keeping to arranged time:
arriving or taking place at the arranged time
a punctual start to a meeting
2.
mathematics
of point in space:
relating to or possessing the properties of a point in space
[
14th century. < medieval Latin
punctualis
< Latin
punctum
(see
point
)
]
punc·tu·al·i·ty
[
pùngkchoo állətee
]
noun
punc·tu·al·ly
adverb
Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Advertisement
MSN Privacy
Legal
Advertise
Feedback
Help
© 2009 Microsoft
punc·tu·al·i·ty [ pùngkchoo állətee ] nounpunc·tu·al·ly adverb
