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point system
–noun
| 1. | Printing. a system for grading the sizes of type bodies, leads, etc., that employs the point as a unit of measurement. Compare point (def. 48a). |
| 2. | any of certain systems of writing and printing for the blind that employ embossed symbols for letters. |
| 3. | a system of promoting students by an evaluation of their work on the basis of points representing quality of achievement. |
| 4. | Bedaux system. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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| point system | |
noun | |
| 1. | a system of evaluation based on awarding points according to rules |
| 2. | a system of graduating sizes of type in multiples of the point |
| 3. | a system of writing or printing using patterns of raised dots that can be read by touch |
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