Point
Topics referred to by the same term
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Mathematics
- Point (geometry), a representation of an exact position in a physical or mathematical space
- Point, or element, in category theory, the generalized concept of a set element
- Decimal point
Places
- Point, Cornwall, England, a settlement in Feock parish
- Point, Lewis, a peninsula in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland
- Point, the northeast tip of the Inner Hebrides island of Lismore, Scotland
- Point, Texas, a US city
- Points, West Virginia, an unincorporated US community
Business and finance
- Point (loyalty program), a form of currency used as a purchasing incentive
- Point (mortgage), a payment made up front in exchange for a reduced interest rate
Measurement units
- Point (gemstone), 2 milligrams, or one hundredth of a carat
- A unit of card stock thickness
- Point, 1/100 of an inch, formerly used to describe rainfall in Australia
- Point (typography)
- Points, an antler's size by the number of its tips
- Printer point, a unit of relative exposure in photography
Navigation
- One of the 32 directional points of the compass
- Point of sail, a sailing craft's direction of travel in relation to wind direction
- Point, the direction of an object by its clock position
Sports
- Point, in sports scoring
- Point (cricket), a fielding position
- Point guard, in basketball
- The point (ice hockey), a player location
Technology and transport
- Point, a data element in a SCADA system
- Points, a contact breaker in an ignition system
- Points, a railroad switch (British English)
- A penal point assessed for a driving offense
- An archaeological projectile point
- Public Oregon Intercity Transit, styled POINT, a public transit system
Arts, entertainment, and media
Music
- Point (Cornelius album), 2001
- Point #1, a 1999 album by Chevelle
- Point Music, a record label
- Points (album), 1990, by jazz pianist Matthew Shipp
- "The Points" (song), a 1995 single and video from the Panther soundtrack
- Point (Yello album), 2020
- "Point", a song by the American band Bright from their self-titled album
Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media
- High card points, used for hand evaluation in contract bridge
- Le Point, a French weekly
- On Point, a radio show
- Point Broadcasting, a radio broadcasting company
- Pointe technique, in ballet
- Take Point (2018), a South Korean action film
Other uses
- Full point, point, or period, a punctuation mark
- Point (coat color), animal fur coloration of the extremities
- Point (geography), a peninsula or headland
- Point (surname)
- Point, a pointing dog's stance when signalling a quarry's location
- Point, as in "take point", the literal or figurative front person in a military or other endeavor
- Point University, West Point, Georgia
See also
- List of mathematical properties of points
- Critical point (mathematics), a stationary point of a function of an arbitrary number of variables
- Point-free geometry
- Stationary point, a point in a single-valued function where the value of the function ceases to change
- Basis point, 1/100 of one percentage point
- Percentage point, the arithmetic difference between two percentages
- Pivot point (technical analysis), a price level used to analyze stock market movement
- Paris point, used for shoe sizes
- Interpoint, a punctuation mark
- Endpoint (disambiguation)
- Lapointe (disambiguation), also Lepoint/La Pointe/Le Point
- Midpoint (disambiguation)
- Point Lookout (disambiguation)
- Pointing (disambiguation)
- Points system (disambiguation)
- Start Point (disambiguation)
- The Point (disambiguation)
- Tipping point (disambiguation)
- All pages with titles beginning with Point
- All pages with titles containing Point
- . (disambiguation)
- Dot (disambiguation)
- Period (disambiguation)
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