punctum

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A sharp tip of any part of the anatomy; a point or other small area.
    — Thus, from what has been stated, we see that neither the white puncta nor the minute white branchwork of lines were ever tubular.
  2. A detail in a photograph that captures the viewer's attention and evokes an emotional response or personal connection beyond the intended subject.
    — […]the punctum is something that is seen by the viewer, without it being shown to them by the photographer. As such, it functions, according to Fried, as an “ontological guarantee” (553) of a given photograph’s nontheatricality.
  3. A neume representing a single tone.

词形变化

punctums plural puncta plural punctums plural puncta plural

词汇关系

衍生词
lacrimal punctum punctum caecum punctum delens punctum proximum punctum remotum punctum saliens punctum stans punctum vasculosum punctum vegetationis
相关词
punctal

词源

词源 1
From Latin pūnctum. Doublet of point, pointe, ponto, puncto, punt, and punto.
词源 2
Coined in 1980 by French literary theorist Roland Barthes in his book Camera Lucida.
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