What does "pagination" mean?

The act of creating pages for a document, book, etc., or determining when to truncate text on the pages.

What is a synonym for "pagination"?

Common synonyms include: foliation, accounting, census, counting, enumeration, foliation.

Pronounced //ˌpæd͡ʒəˈneɪʃən//.

//ˌpæd͡ʒəˈneɪʃən// noun

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Noun

1
The act of creating pages for a document, book, etc., or determining when to truncate text on the pages. countable, uncountable
2
the system of numbering pages wordnet
3
The act of numbering pages for a document, book, etc. countable, uncountable
4
The separation of data into batches, so that it can be retrieved with a number of smaller requests. countable, uncountable

"The pagination controls need to be fixed."

from French pagination

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