The system of numbering pages

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"action of marking page numbers," 1841, probably from French pagination (1835), from Latin pagina (see page (n.1)).

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Pagination is the process of dividing a document into discrete pages , either electronic pages or printed pages. Today printed pages are usually produced by outputting an electronic file to a printing device, such as a desktop printer or a modern printing ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Although pagination has been excluded, the novel is nevertheless bound in a fixed order. ▪ Our printing forefathers were notoriously careless about their pagination . ▪ Some systems still rely on a batch pagination method while ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the system of numbering pages [syn: folio , page number , paging ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pagination \Pag`i*na"tion\ (p[a^]j`[i^]*n[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. The act or process of paging a book; also, the characters used in numbering the pages; page number. --Lowndes.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 the act of creating pages for a document, book, etc., or determining when to truncate text on the pages 2 the act of numbering pages for a document, book, etc.