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pointwise

[point-wahyz]

adjective Mathematics.

occurring at each point of a given set: pointwise convergence.

Origin:
1535–45; point + -wise

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the method of finding the fourth term in a proportion when three terms are given

the product obtained by multiplying a quantity by itself one or more times, the exponent of an expression

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