Usually means: Point that pierces viewer emotionally.
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General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. punctum: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. punctum: Collins English Dictionary
  3. punctum: Vocabulary.com
  4. punctum: Wordnik
  5. punctum: Wiktionary
  6. punctum: Dictionary.com
  7. Punctum: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Punctum: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. punctum: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. punctum: Rhymezone
  11. Punctum: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. punctum: FreeDictionary.org
  13. punctum: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. Punctum: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. punctum: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. punctum: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. punctum: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  5. punctum: Medical dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. punctum: Dictionary of Botanical Epithets

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Punctum: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Washington State Definitions and Abbreviations of Vetrinary Terms (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (punctum)

noun:  (anatomy) A sharp tip of any part of the anatomy; a point or other small area.
noun:  (music) A neume representing a single tone.
noun:  (photography) A detail in a photograph that captures the viewer's attention and evokes an emotional response or personal connection beyond the intended subject.

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