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–noun
1. a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
2. a projecting part of anything: A point of land juts into the bay.
3. a tapering extremity: the points of the fingers.
4. something having a sharp or tapering end: a pen point.
5. a pointed tool or instrument, as an etching needle.
6. a stone implement with a tapering end found in some Middle and Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic cultures and used primarily for hunting.
7. a mark made with or as if with the sharp end of something: Her sharp heels left points in the carpet.
8. a mark of punctuation.
9. period (def. 15).
10. See under decimal fraction.
11. Phonetics. a diacritic indicating a vowel or other modification of sound.
12. one of the embossed dots used in certain systems of writing and printing for the blind.
13. something that has position but not extension, as the intersection of two lines.
14. a place of which the position alone is considered; spot: We're leaving for Chicago and points west.
15. any definite position, as in a scale, course, etc.: the boiling point.
16. (in acupuncture) a particular spot on the body at which a needle may be inserted, as to relieve pain.
17. Navigation. any of 32 separate horizontal directions, 11° 15′ apart, as indicated on the card of a compass or gauged with reference to the heading of a vessel.
18. Nautical. point of sailing.
19. a degree or stage: frankness to the point of insult.
20. a particular instant of time: It was at that point that I told him he'd said enough.
21. a critical position in a course of affairs: Morale had reached a low point.
22. a decisive state of circumstances: He reached the point where he could no longer pay his debts.
23. the important or essential thing: the point of the matter.
24. the salient feature of a story, epigram, joke, etc.: to miss the point.
25. a particular aim, end, or purpose: He carried his point.
26. a hint or suggestion: points on getting a job.
27. a single or separate article or item, as in an extended whole; a detail or particular: the fine points of a contract.
28. an individual part or element of something: noble points in her character.
29. a distinguishing mark or quality, esp. one of an animal, used as a standard in stockbreeding, judging, etc.
30. points,
a. the extremities of an animal, esp. a horse or dog.
b. Railroads, British. a switch.
31. a single unit, as in counting.
32. a unit of count in the score of a game: Our team won by five points.
33. (in craps) the number that must be thrown to win but not including 7 or 11 on the first roll: Your point is 4.
34. Ice Hockey. either of two positions, to the right or left of the goal, to which an attacking defenseman is assigned, usually in the execution of a power play, to help keep the puck in the attacking zone.
35. Basketball. a position in the front court, usually taken by the guard in charge of setting up the team's offense.
36. Cricket.
a. the position of the fielder who plays a short distance in front of and to the offside of the batsman.
b. the fielder playing this position.
37. Chiefly Boxing. the end or tip (of the chin).
38. Hunting.
a. the action of a hunting dog that indicates the presence and location of game by standing rigid and directing its head toward the game.
b. the position taken by a hunting dog in pointing game.
39. a branch of an antler of a deer: an eight-point buck.
40. Sports. a cross-country run.
41. one of the narrow tapering spaces marked on a backgammon board.
42. Education. a single credit, usually corresponding to an hour's class work per week for one semester.
43. Electricity.
a. Also called breaker point. either of a pair of contacts tipped with tungsten or platinum that make or break current flow in a distributor, as in an automobile.
b. British. an outlet or socket.
44. Commerce.
a. a unit of price quotation, as in the U.S., one dollar in stock transactions, one hundredth of a cent in cotton and coffee, or one cent in oil, grain, pork, etc.: The price of stock went up two points today.
b. (esp. in motion pictures) a percentage point, usually of the gross profits, granted to someone who agrees to invest or otherwise participate in a business project: The star of the movie recieved a million dollar guarantee and five points.
45. one percent of the face value of a loan, esp. a mortgage loan, added on as a placement fee or a service charge and paid in advance or upon closing of the loan.
46. Jewelry. a unit of weight equal to 1/100 of a carat.
47. Military.
a. a patrol or reconnaissance unit that goes ahead of the advance party of an advance guard, or follows the rear party of the rear guard.
b. the stroke in bayonet drill or combat.
48. Printing.
a. a unit of type measurement equal to 0.013835 inch ( 1/72 inch), or 1/12 pica. Compare Didot point system.
b. Also called press-point. (in a press) one of several metal prongs for perforating the sheet so that it will be in register when the reverse is printed.
49. a unit of measure of paper or card thickness, equal to 0.001 inch.
50. vaccine point.
51. point lace.
52. any lace made by hand.
53. Heraldry. one of the pendent parts of a label.
54. Railroads.
a. the vertex of the angle formed at a frog by two rails; the intersection of gauge lines in a switch or frog.
b. British. a tapering movable rail, as in a railroad switch.
55. (in the game of go) any place where lines intersect or meet.
56. act of pointing.
57. Archaic. a tagged ribbon or cord, formerly much used in dress, as for tying or fastening parts.
58. Obsolete. an end or conclusion.
59. Obsolete. a pointed weapon, as a dagger.
60. Obsolete. condition.
–verb (used with object)
61. to direct (the finger, a weapon, the attention, etc.) at, to, or upon something.
62. to indicate the presence or position of (usually fol. by out): to point out an object in the sky.
63. to direct attention to (usually fol. by out): to point out the advantages of a proposal.
64. to furnish with a point or points; sharpen: to point a lead pencil.
65. to mark with one or more points, dots, or the like.
66. Sculpture. to transfer measurements of depth from a clay, wax, or plaster model to (a block of stone) by means of an apparatus that drills holes to the required depth prior to carving.
67. to punctuate, as writing.
68. Phonetics. to mark (letters) with points.
69. to separate (figures) by dots or points (usually fol. by off).
70. to give greater or added force to (often fol. by up): to point up the necessity for caution.
71. Hunting. (of a hunting dog) to indicate the presence and location of (game) by standing rigid and facing toward the game.
72. Masonry.
a. to fill the joints of (brickwork, stonework, etc.) with mortar or cement treated in various ways with tools after application.
b. to dress the surface of (a stone) with a pointed tool.
73. to dress (a stone) with a point.
74. Metalworking.
a. to narrow the end of (a rod) for passing through the dies of a drawbench.
b. to narrow the end of (a tube) over the head of a pin that is gripped to pull the tube through the dies of a drawbench.
–verb (used without object)
75. to indicate position or direction, as with the finger.
76. to direct the mind or thought in some direction; call attention to: Everything points to his guilt.
77. to aim.
78. to have a tendency toward something: Economic conditions point to further inflation.
79. to have a specified direction: The sign pointed west.
80. to face in a particular direction, as a building.
81. Hunting. (of a hunting dog) to point game.
82. Nautical. to sail close to the wind.
83. (of an abscess) to come to a head.
—Idioms
84. at, on, or upon the point of, on the verge of; close to: on the point of death.
85. at this point in time, now; at this precise moment in history: At this point in time the President believes peace has been achieved.
86. in point, that is pertinent; applicable: a case in point.
87. in point of, as regards; in reference to: in point of fact.
88. make a point of, to regard as important; insist upon: She made a point of complimenting her friend's apartment.
89. make points with, Informal. to curry favor with: to make points with one's boss. Also, make Brownie points with.
90. strain or stretch a point, to depart from the usual procedure or rule because of special circumstances; make a concession or exception: Though the position required three years of previous experience, and he had only two, they stretched a point because of his outstanding record.
91. to the point, pertinent; fitting: The reply was short and to the point.
Origin:
1175–1225; (n.) ME point(e); partly < OF point dot, mark, place, moment < L pūnctum, n. use of neut. ptp. of pungere to prick, stab (cf. pungent ); partly < OF pointe sharp end < ML pūncta, n. use of L: fem. of ptp. of pungere; (v.) ME pointen; partly deriv. of the n., partly < MF pointer, deriv. of pointe (n.)
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Cultural Dictionary

point

In geometry, a location having no dimension — no length, height, or width — and identified by at least one coordinate.

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Word Origin & History

point  (n.)
12c., a merger of two words, both ultimately from L. pungere "prick, pierce" (see pungent). The neut. pp. punctum was used as a noun, meaning "small hole made by pricking," subsequently extended to anything that looked like one, hence, "dot, particle," etc., which was its meaning as O.Fr. point, borrowed in M.E. by c.1300. The fem. pp. of pungere was puncta, which was used in M.L. to mean "sharp tip," and became O.Fr. pointe, which also passed into English, c.1330. The sense have merged in Eng., but remain distinct in Fr. Extended senses are from the notion of "minute, single, or separate items in an extended whole," which is the earliest attested sense in Eng. (c.1225). Meaning "distinguishing feature" is recorded from c.1470. Meaning "a unit of score in a game" is first recorded 1746. As a typeface unit, it went into use in U.S. 1883. As a measure of weight for precious stones (one one-hundredth of a carat) it is recorded from 1931. The point "the matter being discussed" is attested from c.1381; meaning "sense, purpose, advantage" (usually in the negative, e.g. what's the point?) is first recorded 1903. Phrase possession is nine (or eleven) points of the law (1697) is out of a supposed 10 (or 12). Point of view (1727) is a loan-transl. of Fr. point de vue, itself a loan-transl. of L. punctum visus (cf. Ger. Gesichtspunkt). Point of honor (1612) translates Fr. point d'honneur. Point of no return (1941) is originally aviators' term for the point in a flight "before which any engine failure requires an immediate turn around and return to the point of departure, and beyond which such return is no longer practical."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

point

A change in the value of a security or a security index or average. For common and preferred stocks a point represents a change of $1. For bonds a point represents a 1% change in face value. For example, a one-point decline in a $1,000 principal amount bond translates to a $10 decline in price. For stock averages and indexes a point represents a unit of movement and is best interpreted as a percent of the beginning value. For example, a 100-point decline in the Dow Jones Industrial Average that started the day at 10,000 represents a 1% fall in the average.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: point
Function: noun
1 : a particular detail, proposition, or issue of law; specifically : POINT OF ERROR
2 : any of various incremental units used in measuring, fixing, or calculating something: as a : a unit used in calculating a sentence by various factors (as aggravating or mitigating circumstances) b : a unit used in the pricing of securities and valuation of markets c : a charge to a borrower (as a mortgagor) that is equal to one percent of the principal and that is made at closing—in point or on point : relevant to the legal issues at hand
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2point
Function: intransitive verb
of an abscess : to become distended with pus prior to breaking
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Medical Dictionary

point (point)
n.

  1. A sharp or tapered end.

  2. A slight projection.

  3. A stage or condition reached.

v. point·ed, point·ing, points
To become ready to open, as an abscess or boil.

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Idioms & Phrases

point out

Identify or bring to notice, as in He pointed out the oldest buildings in the city, or She pointed out an error in our reasoning. [Late 1400s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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