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pointillism noun. . E20.
[French pointillisme, from pointiller mark with dots, from pointille from Italian puntiglio dim. of punto point: see -ISM.]
A technique of impressionist painting in which luminous effects are produced by tiny dots of various pure colours, which become blended in the viewer's eye. E20.
Music. The breaking up of musical texture into thematic, rhythmic, and tonal fragments. M20.