Definition of point

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Point (n.) That which arrests attention, or indicates qualities or character; a salient feature; a characteristic; a peculiarity; hence, a particular; an item; a detail; as, the good or bad points of a man, a horse, a book, a story, etc..

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Horsenail :: Horsenail (n.) A thin, pointed nail, with a heavy flaring head, for securing a horsehoe to the hoof; a horsehoe nail..
Exclamation :: Exclamation (n.) A mark or sign by which outcry or emphatic utterance is marked; thus [!]; -- called also exclamation point.
Foreappointment :: Foreappointment (n.) Previous appointment; preordinantion.
Amplitude :: Amplitude (n.) The extent of a movement measured from the starting point or position of equilibrium; -- applied especially to vibratory movements.
Appoint :: Appoint (v. t.) To fix with power or firmness; to establish; to mark out.
Brog :: Brog (n.) A pointed instrument, as a joiner's awl, a brad awl, a needle, or a small sharp stick..
Burggrave :: Burggrave (n.) Originally, one appointed to the command of a burg (fortress or castle); but the title afterward became hereditary, with a domain attached..
Bearing :: Bearing (n.) The situation of a distant object, with regard to a ship's position, as on the bow, on the lee quarter, etc.; the direction or point of the compass in which an object is seen; as, the bearing of the cape was W. N. W..
Virial :: Virial (n.) A certain function relating to a system of forces and their points of application, -- first used by Clausius in the investigation of problems in molecular physics..
End :: End (n.) The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; the concluding part; termination; close; limit; as, the end of a field, line, pole, road; the end of a year, of a discourse; put an end to pain; -- opposed to beginning, when used of anything having a first part..
Equidistant :: Equidistant (a.) Being at an equal distance from the same point or thing.
Subulicornes :: Subulated (a.) Very narrow, and tapering gradually to a fine point from a broadish base; awl-shaped; linear..
Moment :: Moment (n.) An essential element; a deciding point, fact, or consideration; an essential or influential circumstance..
Designate :: Designate (v. t.) Designated; appointed; chosen.
Hinge :: Hinge (v. i.) To stand, depend, hang, or turn, as on a hinge; to depend chiefly for a result or decision or for force and validity; -- usually with on or upon; as, the argument hinges on this point..
Board :: Board (n.) A table at which a council or court is held. Hence: A council, convened for business, or any authorized assembly or meeting, public or private; a number of persons appointed or elected to sit in council for the management or direction of some public or private business or trust; as, the Board of Admiralty; a board of trade; a board of directors, trustees, commissioners, etc..
Radiation :: Radiation (n.) The shooting forth of anything from a point or surface, like the diverging rays of light; as, the radiation of heat..
Sure :: Sure (superl.) Fit or worthy to be depended on; certain not to fail or disappoint expectation; unfailing; strong; permanent; enduring.
Isogeotherm :: Isogeotherm (n.) A line or curved surface passing beneath the earth's surface through points having the same mean temperature.
Grind :: Grind (v. t.) To wear down, polish, or sharpen, by friction; to make smooth, sharp, or pointed; to whet, as a knife or drill; to rub against one another, as teeth, etc..
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