pagination

[ paj-uh-ney-shuhn ]

noun

1. Bibliography. the number of pages or leaves of a book, manuscript, etc., identified in bibliographical description or cataloging.
2. the figures by which pages are marked to indicate their sequence.
3. the act of paginating.
4. Printing.
   1. 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.
   2. composition ( def 17 ).

Other Words From

• mispag·i·nation noun
• repag·i·nation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of pagination¹

1835–45; < Latin pāgin(a) page ¹ + -ation

Example Sentences

They thumb through pages to make sure the ink density is proper, that the color is in registration, the margins are set, pagination perfect, date accurate.

From Los Angeles Times

Mr. Wong, who initially studied engineering in college and described himself as “kind of a techie,” helped install new pagination systems early in his journalism career.

From Washington Post

Duncan gives a surprisingly vivid explanation of how the two foundations of the contemporary index — alphabetical order and pagination — themselves had to be invented.

From New York Times

It’s been a nightmare, the pagination: one comma in the first of those columns would throw off 200 pages.

From The Guardian

And then they witnessed pagination, when computers could create entire pages on a screen.

From Washington Post