pagination
noun
pag·i·na·tion
ˌpa-jə-ˈnā-shən 
1
: the action of paging : the condition of being paged
2
a
: the numbers or marks used to indicate the sequence of pages (as of a book)
b
: the number and arrangement of pages or an indication of these
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Their physical features can be shabby to the point of scandal: mad spacing, pagination mixups, microscopic type.
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Thomas Mallon, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
Handle navigation: Attach click events to pagination controls to trigger AJAX requests for the corresponding page.
—Nick Damoulakis, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
With the arrival of the printing press (and pagination) a couple of centuries later, the index became an accepted feature of books.
—Ben Yagoda, WSJ, 11 Feb. 2022
The pagination pages of PIN-UP.
—Diana Budds, Curbed, 18 Nov. 2021
Insider’s Joseé Rose started out working on pagination at the Wall Street Journal.
—Michelle Cheng, Quartz, 6 Oct. 2021
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Thomas Mallon, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
Handle navigation: Attach click events to pagination controls to trigger AJAX requests for the corresponding page.
—Nick Damoulakis, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
With the arrival of the printing press (and pagination) a couple of centuries later, the index became an accepted feature of books.
—Ben Yagoda, WSJ, 11 Feb. 2022
The pagination pages of PIN-UP.
—Diana Budds, Curbed, 18 Nov. 2021
Insider’s Joseé Rose started out working on pagination at the Wall Street Journal.
—Michelle Cheng, Quartz, 6 Oct. 2021
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“Pagination.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pagination. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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