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paragraph

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1. paragraph - Noun

2. paragraph - Verb

Meaning

Originally, a marginal mark or note, set in the margin to call attention to something in the text, e. g., a change of subject; now, the character /, commonly used in the text as a reference mark to a footnote, or to indicate the place of a division into sections.

A distinct part of a discourse or writing; any section or subdivision of a writing or chapter which relates to a particular point, whether consisting of one or many sentences. The division is sometimes noted by the mark /, but usually, by beginning the first sentence of the paragraph on a new line and at more than the usual distance from the margin.

A brief composition complete in one typographical section or paragraph; an item, remark, or quotation comprised in a few lines forming one paragraph; as, a column of news paragraphs; an editorial paragraph.

To divide into paragraphs; to mark with the character /.

To express in the compass of a paragraph; as, to paragraph an article.

To mention in a paragraph or paragraphs

Source: Webster's dictionary

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All her friends were paragraphed in last Monday's paper Source: Internet

This story is well paragraphed Source: Internet

Anything less than that was deemed harmless play. citation The German police force found this new interpretation of paragraph 175 extremely difficult to prove in court since it was hard to find witnesses to these acts. Source: Internet

Ackerman invented nonstoparagraphing as a space-saving measure. citation When the typist comes to the end of a paragraph, they simply moved the platen down one line. Source: Internet

Applying the multi-index notation the Taylor series for several variables becomes : which is to be understood as a still more abbreviated multi-index version of the first equation of this paragraph, again in full analogy to the single variable case. Source: Internet

After the Night of the Long Knives, the Nazis amended paragraph 175 due to what they saw as loopholes in the law. Source: Internet

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