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Folioing

/ˈfoʊ.li.oʊ.ɪŋ/
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2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    The act of numbering the pages of a book, manuscript, or document consecutively.

    "The archivist spent the morning folioing the 17th-century manuscript to ensure no pages were missing."
As noun
  1. 1

    The system or result of numbering pages in a book or document.

    "Errors in the folioing were discovered during the final proofreading stage of the edition."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the noun 'folio' (from Latin 'folium', meaning 'leaf'), which historically referred to a sheet of paper folded once. The verb and participle form 'folioing' emerged in the printing and publishing industries to describe the systematic process of numbering pages sequentially.

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