Definition of point

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Point (n.) To give particular prominence to; to designate in a special manner; to indicate, as if by pointing; as, the error was pointed out..

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Constitute :: Constitute (v. t.) To appoint, depute, or elect to an office; to make and empower..
Dial :: Dial (n.) The graduated face of a timepiece, on which the time of day is shown by pointers or hands..
Point-blank :: Point-blank (n.) With artillery, the point where the projectile first strikes the horizontal plane on which the gun stands, the axis of the piece being horizontal..
Poignant :: Poignant (a.) Fig.: Pointed; keen; satirical.
Pass :: Pass (v. i.) To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal phrase defining the kind or manner of motion; as, to pass on, by, out, in, etc.; to pass swiftly, directly, smoothly, etc.; to pass to the rear, under the yoke, over the bridge, across the field, beyond the border, etc..
Apsis :: Apsis (n.) In a curve referred to polar coordinates, any point for which the radius vector is a maximum or minimum..
Piked :: Piked (a.) Furnished with a pike; ending in a point; peaked; pointed.
Brick :: Brick (v. t.) To imitate or counterfeit a brick wall on, as by smearing plaster with red ocher, making the joints with an edge tool, and pointing them..
Dogtooth :: Dogtooth (n.) An ornament common in Gothic architecture, consisting of pointed projections resembling teeth; -- also called tooth ornament..
Point-devise :: Point-devise (a.) Uncommonly nice and exact; precise; particular.
Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To decline in power, glory, wealth, or importance; to become insignificant; to lose rank or position; to decline in weight, value, price etc.; to become less; as, the falls; stocks fell two points..
Cicatricle :: Cicatricle (n.) The germinating point in the embryo of a seed; the point in the yolk of an egg at which development begins.
Admission :: Admission (n.) A fact, point, or statement admitted; as, admission made out of court are received in evidence..
Nick :: Nick (n.) A particular point or place considered as marked by a nick; the exact point or critical moment.
Contention :: Contention (n.) A point maintained in an argument, or a line of argument taken in its support; the subject matter of discussion or strife; a position taken or contended for..
Telegraph :: Telegraph (n.) An apparatus, or a process, for communicating intelligence rapidly between distant points, especially by means of preconcerted visible or audible signals representing words or ideas, or by means of words and signs, transmitted by electrical action..
Subtartarean :: Subtangent (n.) The part of the axis contained between the ordinate and tangent drawn to the same point in a curve.
Beard :: Beard (n.) A barb or sharp point of an arrow or other instrument, projecting backward to prevent the head from being easily drawn out..
Jeremiade :: "Jeremiade (n.) A tale of sorrow, disappointment, or complaint; a doleful story; a dolorous tirade; -- generally used satirically..
Bevel Gear :: Bevel gear () A kind of gear in which the two wheels working together lie in different planes, and have their teeth cut at right angles to the surfaces of two cones whose apices coincide with the point where the axes of the wheels would meet..
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