Points

Word POINTS
Character 6
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /pɔɪnts/

Definitions and meanings of "Points"

What do we mean by points?

A discrete division of something.

A sharp extremity.

One of the several different parts of the escutcheon.

A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails.

A string or lace used to tie together certain garments.

Lace worked by the needle.

An item of private information; a hint; a tip; a pointer.

The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game.

The perpendicular rising of a hawk over the place where its prey has gone into cover.

The act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain dance positions.

The gesture of extending the index finger in a direction in order to indicate something.

A vaccine point.

In various sports, a position of a certain player, or, by extension, the player occupying that position.

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The word "points" in example sentences

Just to give one example: he accepts something like a coloured picture, with all the different colour points, traveling in parallel up the optic nerve and has to concern himself with how many colour ˜points™ could travel in parallel in a single nerve (Czolbe 1855: 33). ❋ Hussain, Nadeem J. Z. (2005)

The crossing points are called “nodal points”, the closed sections between the nodal points a “mesh” and each part of the line “mesh line”. ❋ Frank Ponemunski (1991)

In blazon a Label is supposed to have three points; but, if more, the number is to be specified; thus, No. 271 is simply “_a Label_,” but No. 272 is “_a Label of five points_.” ❋ Charles Boutell (1844)

Ultra-Chartists, 'Danes' as they were then called, coming into his territory with their 'five points,' or rather with their five-and-twenty thousand _points_ and edges too, of pikes namely and battle-axes; and proposing mere Heathenism, confiscation, spoliation, and fire and sword, -- Edmund answered that he would oppose to the utmost such savagery. ❋ Thomas Carlyle (1838)

Chartists, 'Danes' as they were then called, coming into his territory with their 'five points,' or rather with their five - and-twenty thousand _points_ and edges too, of pikes namely and battleaxes; and proposing mere Heathenism, confiscation, spoliation, and fire and sword, -- Edmund answered that he would oppose to the utmost such savagery. ❋ Thomas Carlyle (1838)

There are two classes of objective points, -- objective _points of maneuver_, and _geographical objective points_. ❋ Henri Jomini (1824)

Those points the possession of which would give the control of the junction of several valleys and of the center of the chief lines of communication in a country are also _decisive geographic points_. ❋ Henri Jomini (1824)

The term points to a destructive narrative that has become sadly ingrained in our culture: the notion that blacks who are too "polished" or "accomplished" are somehow betraying their race. ❋ Unknown (2011)

In addition to listing the product's ingredients, the label points to a comprehensive website so anybody buying, using or disposing of the product can easily find all the relevant information they would need to make informed decisions about the health of the product, its lifecycle impacts, and how to responsibly care for and dispose of it, including: ❋ Andy Mannle (2011)

One of their main points is that parliamentary systems are less likely to result in “crisis” and breakdown. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Re: One of their main points is that parliamentary systems are less likely to result in “crisis” and breakdown. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Sometimes, the title points into a direction that we think the lyrics could go, but in the end, the lyricist is the one who feels our music and writes his own lyrics. ❋ Mike Ragogna (2011)

Glenn Thrush looks at some of the main points from the report: ❋ Unknown (2010)

One of Tyler's main points is that positive liberty is a good thing, and should be valued over negative liberty if one must choose. ❋ Unknown (2009)

One of his main points is that Australia is suffering from weak participation relative to Japan, with the difference offset and disguised by demographic shifts. ❋ Unknown (2009)

One of his main points is that airport capacity is limited by the number of runways at an airport, not by the capacity of the atc system. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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