Point
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Mathematics
- Point (geometry), an entity that has a location in space but no extent
- Fixed point (mathematics), a point that is mapped to itself by a mathematical function
- Point at infinity, also ideal point, a point which when added to the real number line yields the real projective line
- Point group, a group of geometric symmetries (isometries) leaving a point fixed
- Point charge, an idealized model of a particle which has an electric charge
- Solution point
- Percentage point, proper unit for the arithmetic difference of two percentages
- Point in a mortgage, one percent of the loan amount
- Point and figure chart, used for technical analysis of percentages in securities
- Floating point and fixed-point arithmetic, a digital representation for a number in a certain subset of the rational numbers; often used in computers
- an element in the base set of a structure, in topology and other fields
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Measurement
- Point (typography), a printing measurement, the meaning of which has changed over time
- In navigation:
- Point, one eighth of a right angle (11.25 degrees)
- Compass point, one of the 32 directions on a traditional compass
- Points of sail, a sailing boat's course in relation to wind direction
- A unit of scoring in some sports and games
- Point (tennis), the smallest unit of scoring in tennis
- Point (ice hockey), a goal or assist a player earns during a game
- Extra point, in American and Canadian football
- Point count, a method of hand evaluation in the card game of bridge
- Point shaving, an illegal form of match fixing
- In Australian Football, a "point" often refers to a behind
- Point (gemstone), equivalent to one-hundredth of a carat
- Point blanket, a trading item measured by the number of stripes ("points") woven into the material
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Geography
- A promontory extended into a body of water
- Point break, the way ocean waves break around a point
- A bluff or natural overlook
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Technology
- Points, a railroad switch (British English)
- Points; contact breaker in an ignition system
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Location
- Point mutation, a mutation at a specific position on a gene
- Point of view, the perspective from an individual's standpoint
- Point of sale, in merchandising, the location where a transaction occurs
- Point of presence, an interface point between communications entities
- Point-to-point and point-to-multipoint, types of wireless data communications
- Point-to-point construction, a method of soldering electronic components
- Point source, a source of light, fluid flow, or pollution
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Aim
- Point-and-click, computer mouse terminology
- Point and shoot camera
- Point-blank range, in ballistics, the range where pointing is sufficient, and gravity and wind can be ignored
- Point shooting, a method of aiming firearms
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Extremity
- An individual at the furthest forward position in a group:
- In reconnaissance, the soldier or team at the head of a patrol, column, or convoy
- In sports, the team member who plays furthest forward:
- Point guard, in basketball
- Point, in cricket
- The point (ice hockey)
- En pointe, dancing on the toes, in ballet
- Points (coat color), fur coloration of the extremities, in cats
- Extreme points of the world, the highest, most inaccessible, farthest north, south, etc.
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Place name
- Point, Outer Hebrides, a district of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland
- Points, West Virginia
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Other
- 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, in typography, a dot character (e.g.: full stop; middle dot) as in the expression, decimal point
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