Definition of point

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Point (n.) A dot placed at the right hand of a note, to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half, as to make a whole note equal to three half notes, a half note equal to three quarter notes..

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Potential :: Potential (n.) In the theory of gravitation, or of other forces acting in space, a function of the rectangular coordinates which determine the position of a point, such that its differential coefficients with respect to the coordinates are equal to the components of the force at the point considered; -- also called potential function, or force function. It is called also Newtonian potential when the force is directed to a fixed center and is inversely as the square of the distance from the cente
Round :: Round (a.) Having a curved outline or form; especially, one like the arc of a circle or an ellipse, or a portion of the surface of a sphere; rotund; bulging; protuberant; not angular or pointed; as, a round arch; round hills..
Spicule :: Spicule (n.) A minute, slender granule, or point..
Deceive :: Deceive (v. t.) To lead into error; to cause to believe what is false, or disbelieve what is true; to impose upon; to mislead; to cheat; to disappoint; to delude; to insnare..
Belemnite :: Belemnite (n.) A conical calcareous fossil, tapering to a point at the lower extremity, with a conical cavity at the other end, where it is ordinarily broken; but when perfect it contains a small chambered cone, called the phragmocone, prolonged, on one side, into a delicate concave blade; the thunderstone. It is the internal shell of a cephalopod related to the sepia, and belonging to an extinct family. The belemnites are found in rocks of the Jurassic and Cretaceous ages..
Functionate :: Functionate (v. i.) To execute or perform a function; to transact one's regular or appointed business.
Pointal :: Pointal (n.) A kind of pencil or style used with the tablets of the Middle Ages.
Nadir :: Nadir (n.) That point of the heavens, or lower hemisphere, directly opposite the zenith; the inferior pole of the horizon; the point of the celestial sphere directly under the place where we stand..
Attempt :: Attempt (n.) A essay, trial, or endeavor; an undertaking; an attack, or an effort to gain a point; esp. an unsuccessful, as contrasted with a successful, effort..
Nick :: Nick (v. t.) To hit at, or in, the nick; to touch rightly; to strike at the precise point or time..
Thrill :: Thrill (v. t.) To perforate by a pointed instrument; to bore; to transfix; to drill.
Summit :: Summit (n.) The top; the highest point.
Angle :: Angle (n.) The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet; a corner; a nook.
Foil :: Foil (n.) Failure of success when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage.
Chinse :: Chinse (v. t. & i.) To thrust oakum into (seams or chinks) with a chisel , the point of a knife, or a chinsing iron; to calk slightly..
Reappointment :: Reappointment (n.) The act of reappointing, or the state of being reappointed..
Picket :: Picket (v. t.) To fortify with pointed stakes.
Time :: Time (v. t.) To appoint the time for; to bring, begin, or perform at the proper season or time; as, he timed his appearance rightly..
Tulip-eared :: Tulip-eared (a.) Having erect, pointed ears; prick-eared; -- said of certain dogs..
Pick :: Pick (n.) That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture..
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