point

US, UK /pɔɪnt/

Etymology From Middle English poynt, from Old French point m (“dot; minute amount”), from Latin pūnctum (“a hole punched in; a point, puncture”), substantive use of pūnctus m, perfect passive participle of pungō (“to prick, punch”); alternatively, from Old French pointe f (“sharp tip”), from Latin pūncta f (past participle), all from Proto-Italic *pungō (“to sting, prick”). Mostly displaced native Middle English ord (“point”), from Old English ord (“point”). Doublet of pointe, ponto, puncto, punctum, punt, and punto.

Synonyms

location, place, position, spot, ord, moment, time, end, tip, decimal point, opinion, point of view, view, viewpoint, mark

Derived terms

521 terms

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Related terms

point d'appui

Hyponyms

238 terms

access point, accidental point, accumulation point, action point, amphidromic point, anchor point, Archimedean point, assemblage point, axial point, ballpoint, Banks-Zaks fixed point, basepoint, basis point, bird point, bite point, biting point, bliss point, blue point, boiling point, bonus point, boundary point, branch point, breakdown point, break-even point, breaking point, break point, Brocard point, brownie point, bullet point, cardinal point, case in point, cash point, cashpoint, charging point, chocolate point, clip point, cloud point, Clovis point, code point, coincidence point, commit point, compass point, compound point, condensation point, consolute point, construction point, control point, cover point, critical point, Curie point, data point, datum point, decimal point, deep point, demerit point, dew point, Didot point, Disney point, dot point, double point, downflooding point, Draper point, dropping point, drypoint, dry point, Eckardt point, endpoint, end point, entry point, entry point for the eye, eutectic point, exclamation point, Exeter point, experience point, extra point, extreme point, fare break point, fess point, Feynman point, fire point, firing point, first point of Aries, first point of Cancer, first point of Capricorn, first point of Libra, fixed point, flash point, floating point, flotating point, focal point, Fournier point, fourth point of contact, freezing point, frontal point, full point, game point, glazier's point, gold point, grade point, Grebe point, grid point, ground control point, grown-up point, gunpoint, health point, Heegner point, higher intermediate point, high point, highpoint, hit point, hollow point, honor point, honour point, hypercritical point, ice point, ideal point, inflection point, infopoint, initial point, interior point, interjection point, interrogation point, isoelectric point, isolated point, isosbestic point, jacking point, join point, jumping-off point, jump-off point, junction point, kindling point, knickpoint, knifepoint, K-point, lacrimal point, Lagrange point, Lagrangian point, lambda point, lattice point, Lemoine point, libration point, ligature point, Lighthouse Point, lilac point, limit point, magic point, mana point, match point, McBurney's point, melting point, midpoint, mid-point, minor point, moot point, mount point, navel point, near point, needlepoint, nick point, nip point, nombril point, occipital point, Omega point, omega point, operating point, ordinary point, organ point, outpoint, pain point, passion point, pedal point, penalty point, percentage point, Pica point, pinch point, pivot point, plant point, pogi point, point defect, point of care, point of difference, point of sight, point of vision, power point, pressure point, projectile point, radix point, Radon point, raised point, reference point, rogue access point, Rumford Point, saddle point, sample pointt, saturation point, save point, scatter point, Schelling point, seal point, sequence point, set point, SharePoint, silly point, singular point, skill point, smoke point, sore point, spawn point, speaker point, specie point, stagnation point, standpoint, starting point, stationary point, sticking point, stress point, subsolar point, take point, talking point, till point, tipping point, transition point, trig point, triple point, trisection point, trois point, Trojan point, Truchet point, turning point, vanishing point, vantage point, vernal point, victory point, vowel point, Warehouse Point, waypoint, yield point, zero point