Point.
July 14, 2008
According to our favourite open source of knowledge, Wikipedia a Point can refer to:
- 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
- Point (geometry), an entity that has a location in space or a plane but no extent
- Point man, the lead soldier or vehicle in a patrol
- Basis point, 1/100th of one percent, denoted bp, bps, or ‱
- Point (typography), a measurement used in printing, the meaning of which has changed over time
- In typography, a dot character (e.g.: full stop, interpunct), decimal point)
- Point (coat color), fur coloration of the extremities, in animals
- Point (gemstone) (2 mg) or one-hundredth of a carat
- Point (mortgage), one percent of the loan amount
- Points, a railroad switch (British English)
- Points, contact breaker in an ignition system
- Point system, a system of demerits for driving offenses
- Taking point, being the lead element in a military formation
- Vowel points: niqqud for Hebrew language; harakat for Arabic
- Point Music, a record label
- Point (landform)
- Projectile point, a hafted archaeological artifact used as a knife or projectile tip
- Unit of length
- Le Point, a French weekly news magazine
- Point (album), a 2001 album by Cornelius
We’ll deal with less than the half of those reference categories to a Point and we might create some new.
