Point

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Point can refer to:

In mathematics, science and technology

• Point (geometry), an entity that has a location in space or on a plane, but has no extent
• Point (coat color), fur coloration of the extremities, in animals
• Point (landform), a peninsula

In technology

• Projectile point, a hafted archaeological artifact used as a knife or projectile tip
• Points of sail, a sailing boat's course in relation to wind direction
• Points, a railroad switch (British English)
• Points, a contact breaker in an ignition system
• Point, a data element in a SCADA system representing a single input or output.

Units of measurement

• Point (typography), a measurement used in printing, the meaning of which has changed over time
• Point (gemstone), 2 milligrams, or one hundredth of a carat
• Basis point, 1/100 of one percent, denoted bp, bps, and ‱
• Compass point, one of the 32 directions on a traditional compass, equal to one eighth of a right angle (11.25 degrees)
• Point, for describing paper-stock thickness, a synonym of mil and thou (one thousandth of an inch)
• Paris point, 2/3 mm, used for shoe sizes.

Places

• Point, Outer Hebrides, a district of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland
• Point Judith, Rhode Island
• Point Monroe, Bainbridge Island, Washington
• Point White, Bainbridge Island, Washington
• Points, West Virginia
• Point Island (disambiguation)

In sports

• Point, a unit of scoring in some sports and games:
  • Point (basketball), units obtained by scoring baskets during a game
  • Point (tennis), the smallest unit of scoring in tennis
  • Point (ice hockey), a goal or assist a player earns during a game
• Point, a fielding position in cricket
• The point (ice hockey), the location of an ice hockey player
• Point guard, in basketball

Other uses

• Point and counterpoint, meaning or purpose, especially in a discussion or dispute
• Point of order, a matter raised during a debate concerning the rules of debating themselves
• In typography, a dot character (e.g.: full stop, interpunct, decimal point, radix point)
• In specialized character set (e.g.: dot and dash in morse code, dots in braille )
• Point (album), a 2001 album by Cornelius
• Le Point, a French weekly news magazine
• Point man, the lead soldier or vehicle in a patrol
• Point system, a system of demerits for driving offenses
• Vowel points: niqqud for the Hebrew language and harakat for Arabic
• Point Music, a record label
• A measurement used in hunting, referring to the number of antler tips on the hunted animal (e.g.: 9 point buck)
• Point (mortgage), a form of pre-paid interest used to reduce interest rates in a mortgage loan.

See also

• The Point (disambiguation)
• Endpoint (disambiguation)
• Point #1, a 1999 album of Chevelle

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