Definition of point

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Point (n.) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails. See Reef point, under Reef..

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Rugged :: Rugged (n.) Full of asperities on the surface; broken into sharp or irregular points, or otherwise uneven; not smooth; rough; as, a rugged mountain; a rugged road..
Stab :: Stab (n.) The thrust of a pointed weapon.
Harmonical :: Harmonical (a.) Having relations or properties bearing some resemblance to those of musical consonances; -- said of certain numbers, ratios, proportions, points, lines. motions, and the like..
Positive :: Positive (a.) Prescribed by express enactment or institution; settled by arbitrary appointment; said of laws.
Linkage :: Linkage (n.) A system of straight lines or bars, fastened together by joints, and having certain of their points fixed in a plane. It is used to describe straight lines and curves in the plane..
Controller :: Controller (n.) An officer appointed to keep a counter register of accounts, or to examine, rectify, or verify accounts..
Pitch :: Pitch (n.) The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant; as, a steep pitch in the road; the pitch of a roof..
Nappe :: Nappe (n.) Sheet; surface; all that portion of a surface that is continuous in such a way that it is possible to pass from any one point of the portion to any other point of the portion without leaving the surface. Thus, some hyperboloids have one nappe, and some have two..
Nodal :: Nodal (a.) Of the nature of, or relating to, a node; as, a nodal point..
Prickly :: Prickly (a.) Full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with prickles; as, a prickly shrub..
Lemniscate :: Lemniscate (n.) A curve in the form of the figure 8, with both parts symmetrical, generated by the point in which a tangent to an equilateral hyperbola meets the perpendicular on it drawn from the center..
Eparterial :: Eparterial (a.) Situated upon or above an artery; -- applied esp. to the branches of the bronchi given off above the point where the pulmonary artery crosses the bronchus.
Folium :: Folium (n.) A curve of the third order, consisting of two infinite branches, which have a common asymptote. The curve has a double point, and a leaf-shaped loop; whence the name. Its equation is x3 + y3 = axy..
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..
Ready :: Ready (superl.) On the point; about; on the brink; near; -- with a following infinitive.
Capapie :: Capapie (adv.) From head to foot; at all points.
Forth :: Forth (adv.) Forward; onward in time, place, or order; in advance from a given point; on to end; as, from that day forth; one, two, three, and so forth..
Spiky :: Spiky (a.) Having a sharp point, or sharp points; furnished or armed with spikes..
Foreappoint :: Foreappoint (v. t.) To set, order, or appoint, beforehand..
Bifarious :: Bifarious (a.) Pointing two ways, as leaves that grow only on opposite sides of a branch; in two vertical rows..
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