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Point
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Point
For paper, a unit of thickness equaling 1/1000 inch. for typesetting, a unit of height equaling 1/72 inch.
Found op http://www.printusa.com/glos.htm
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Point
The smallest unit of price change quoted or, one one-hundredth of a percent. Related: minimum price fluctuation and tick.
Found op http://www.nytimes.com/library/financial/glossary/bfglosp.htm
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Point
Is one percent of the principal amount.
Found op http://www.oasismanagement.com/glossary/
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Point
(1) The extreme end of a CAPE, or the outer end of any land area protruding into the water, usually less prominent than a CAPE. (2) (SMP) A low profile SHORELINE PROMONTORY of more or less triangular shape, the top of which extends SEAWARD.
Found op http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/sea/swces/products/glossary.htm
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Point
The smallest increment of price movement possible in trading a given futures contract.
Found op http://www.exchange-handbook.co.uk/index.cfm?section=glossary&first_letter=
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point
A unit of typographic measurement equal to (in electronic typography) 1/72 inch (0.01383 inches).
Found op http://www.jgoffin.freeserve.co.uk/abf/glossary.htm
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Point
A zero-dimensional spatial abstraction of an object represented by a coordinate pair.
Found op http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/aboutus/reports/misc/glossary.htm
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point
[n] - a very short period of time 2. [n] - a very small circular shape 3. [n] - a V shape 4. [n] - a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect 5. [n] - a linear unit used to measure the size of type 6. [n] - the...
Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=point
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point
A measurement for the size of type, distance between lines and thickness of rules. one point equals one seventy-second of an inch (0.3515mm).
Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php
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Point
A one-dimensional point in coordinate space. Points can be linked up to form polygons, used as control vertices for NURBS curves, or employed as nulls to control lights or cameras, amongst other functions.
Found op http://www.computerarts.co.uk/downloads/3d__and__animation/the_3d_world_glo
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Point
1. Regarding paper, a unit of thickness equating 1/1000 inch.
Found op http://www.tso.co.uk/solutions/publishingsolutions/printproduction/printglo
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Point
A zero-dimensional figure. Usually left undefined, has four main representions - the dot, the node, the location, and the ordered pair of numbers. See also: Dot, Line, Plane.
Found op http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/source/p/o/point/source.html
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Point
heading as close to the wind as possible
Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php
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Point
a valid touch; the tip of the sword; an attack made with the point (ie. a thrust)
Found op http://www.hpfc.org.uk/glossary.htm
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Point
In measurements of the thickness of paper, one point is 1/1000 or .001 inches; a measurement of the size of type, one point is 1/72 inch. see also caliper, thickness.
Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20829
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point
An exact location in space, usually represented by a dot
Example:
point A
Found op http://www.hbschool.com/glossary/math2/index6.html
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Point
In paper, unit of thickness equalling 1/1000 inch. In typesetting, unit of height equalling 1/12 of pica and 1/72 of an inch, used to express type size and leading.
Found op http://www.blackcatprinters.co.uk/glossaryp.htm
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Point
Point (point) transitive verb & i. To appoint. [ Obsolete] Spenser.
Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/115
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Point
Point noun [ French point , and probably also pointe , Latin punctum , puncta , from pungere , punctum , to prick. See Pungent , and confer Puncto , Puncture .] 1. That which pr...
Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/115
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Point
Point transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Pointed ; present participle & verbal noun Pointing .] [ Confer French pointer . See Point , noun...
Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/115
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Point
Point (point) intransitive verb 1. To direct the point of something, as of a finger, for the purpose of designating an object, and attracting attention to it; -- with at . « Now must the world point at poor Katharine.»...
Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/115
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Point
Point noun 1. (Medicine) A pointed piece of quill or bone covered at one end with vaccine matter; -- called also vaccine point . 2. One of the raised dots used in certain systems of printing and writing for the blind. The f...
Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/115
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point
1. That which pricks or pierces; the sharp end of anything, especially. The sharp end of a piercing instrument, as a needle or a pin. ... 2. An instrument which pricks or pierces, as a sort of needle used by engravers, etchers, lace workers, and others; also, a pointed cutting tool, as a stone cutte...
Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?point
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point
pointedness noun the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip
Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=point
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point
noun sharp end; `he stuck the point of the knife into a tree`; `he broke the point of his pencil`
Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=point
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