Definition of point

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Point (n.) A standard unit of measure for the size of type bodies, being one twelfth of the thickness of pica type. See Point system of type, under Type..

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Farther :: Farther (superl.) Tending to a greater distance; beyond a certain point; additional; further.
Quinze :: Quinze (n.) A game at cards in which the object is to make fifteen points.
Compasses :: Compasses (n.) An instrument for describing circles, measuring figures, etc., consisting of two, or (rarely) more, pointed branches, or legs, usually joined at the top by a rivet on which they move..
Design :: Design (n.) To mark out and exhibit; to designate; to indicate; to show; to point out; to appoint.
Hyparterial :: Hyparterial (a.) Situated below an artery; applied esp. to the branches of the bronchi given off below the point where the pulmonary artery crosses the bronchus.
Recapitulate :: Recapitulate (v. t.) To repeat, as the principal points in a discourse, argument, or essay; to give a summary of the principal facts, points, or arguments of; to relate in brief; to summarize..
Sponged :: Sponge (n.) The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, answering to the heel..
Rendezvous :: Rendezvous (n.) Especially, the appointed place for troops, or for the ships of a fleet, to assemble; also, a place for enlistment..
Secant :: Secant (a.) A line that cuts another; especially, a straight line cutting a curve in two or more points..
Spiral :: Spiral (a.) A plane curve, not reentrant, described by a point, called the generatrix, moving along a straight line according to a mathematical law, while the line is revolving about a fixed point called the pole. Cf. Helix..
Cut :: Cut (v. t.) To absent one's self from; as, to cut an appointment, a recitation. etc..
Bodkin :: Bodkin (n.) A kind of needle with a large eye and a blunt point, for drawing tape, ribbon, etc., through a loop or a hem; a tape needle..
Homily :: Homily (n.) A serious or tedious exhortation in private on some moral point, or on the conduct of life..
Nub :: Nub (n.) A jag, or snag; a knob; a protuberance; also, the point or gist, as of a story..
Terminate :: Terminate (v. i.) To be limited in space by a point, line, or surface; to stop short; to end; to cease; as, the torrid zone terminates at the tropics..
Needle :: Needle (n.) A small instrument of steel, sharply pointed at one end, with an eye to receive a thread, -- used in sewing..
Spiculate :: Spiculate (v. t.) To sharpen to a point.
Assize :: Assize (n.) Anything fixed or reduced to a certainty in point of time, number, quantity, quality, weight, measure, etc.; as, rent of assize..
Point :: Point (n.) A dot or mark distinguishing or characterizing certain tones or styles; as, points of perfection, of augmentation, etc.; hence, a note; a tune..
Osculation :: Osculation (n.) The contact of one curve with another, when the number of consecutive points of the latter through which the former passes suffices for the complete determination of the former curve..
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