point
noun
/pɔɪnt/
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- (mathematics, science) A zero-dimensional mathematical object representing a location in one or more dimensions; something considered to have position but no magnitude or direction. [from 14th c.]
- (sports, video games, board games) A unit of scoring in a game or competition. [from 18th c.]
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pointe
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- (automotive, mostly, in the plural) Either of the two metal surfaces in a distributor which close or open to allow or prevent the flow of current through the ignition coil. There is usually a moving point, pushed by the distributor cam, and a fixed point, and they are built together as a unit.
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pointe,
pointe deachúlach
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- A specific location or place, seen as a spatial position. [from 14th c.]
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áit
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- (heraldry) One of the "corners" of the escutcheon: the base (bottom center) unless a qualifier is added (point dexter, point dexter base, point sinister, point sinister base), generally when separately tinctured. (Compare terrace, point champaine, enté en point.) This is sometimes blazoned argent, four points gules; otherwise, it is vêtu.
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aird,
aird an chompáis,
rinn,
rinn compáis
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- The sharp tip of an object. [from 14th c.]
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bior,
colg,
rinn
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- A particular moment in an event or occurrence; a juncture. [from 13th c.]
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pointe ama,
tráth
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- (cricket, countable, uncountable) A fielding position square of the wicket on the off side, between gully and cover. [from 19th c.]
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pointe,
ponc
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pointed
adjective
/ˈpɔɪntɪd/
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/ˈpɔɪnɪd/<a:<<US>> in fast speech>
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- (comparable) Sharp, barbed; not dull.
- (comparable) Having a relevance to the matter at hand: pertinent, relevant.
- (comparable, of a comment or inference) Directed negatively at a person or topic.
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gobach
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