pointel

noun — 2 senses

pointel

noun

Etymology From Old French [Term?], from Latin punctillum (“a little point”). Cognate with Spanish puntilla (“tiptoe; small dagger used in bullfighting”). Doublet of pontil.

1

A sharp instrument; any sharp-pointed thing.

pointel

noun

Etymology Blend of point + voxel.

1

Computer graphics, Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Any of the eight vertices of a voxel.

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