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Definition of: pointillism
(pwan′tə·liz′əm) noun
A French neoimpressionist method of producing effects of light by placing small spots of varying hues on a surface in close proximity, the eye blending them together. [<F pointillisme <pointiller mark with dots]
—point′til·list noun
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