POINT

A geometric element that has position but no extension

Example: "A point is defined by its coordinates"

The precise location of something; a spatially limited location

Example: "She walked to a point where she could survey the whole street"

A brief version of the essential meaning of something

Example: "Get to the point"

An isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole

Example: "Several of the details are similar"

A specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process

Example: "A remarkable degree of frankness"

An instant of time

Example: "At that point i had to leave"

The object of an activity

Example: "What is the point of discussing it?"

A v shape

Example: "The cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points"

A very small circular shape

Example: "A row of points"

The unit of counting in scoring a game or contest

Example: "He scored 20 points in the first half"

A promontory extending out into a large body of water

Example: "They sailed south around the point"

A distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list

Example: "He noticed an item in the new york times"

A style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect

An outstanding characteristic

Example: "His acting was one of the high points of the movie"

Sharp end

Example: "He stuck the point of the knife into a tree"

Any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass

Example: "He checked the point on his compass"

A linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch

One percent of the total principal of a loan; it is paid at the time the loan is made and is independent of the interest on the loan

A punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations

Example: "In england they call a period a stop"

A v-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer

Example: "The point of the arrow was due north"

The dot at the left of a decimal fraction

The property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip

A distinguishing or individuating characteristic

Example: "He knows my bad points as well as my good points"

The gun muzzle's direction

Example: "He held me up at the point of a gun"

A wall socket

A contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs