Look up: point

1. Point
   For paper, a unit of thickness equaling 1/1000 inch. for typesetting, a unit of height equaling 1/72 inch.
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2. Point
   The smallest unit of price change quoted or, one one-hundredth of a percent. Related: minimum price fluctuation and tick.
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3. Point
   Is one percent of the principal amount.
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4. 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.
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5. Point
   The smallest increment of price movement possible in trading a given futures contract.
   Found on http://www.exchange-handbook.co.uk/index
   
   
6. point
   A unit of typographic measurement equal to (in electronic typography) 1/72 inch (0.01383 inches).
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7. Point
   A zero-dimensional spatial abstraction of an object represented by a coordinate pair.
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8. 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...
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9. 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).
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10. 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.
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11. Point
    1. Regarding paper, a unit of thickness equating 1/1000 inch.
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12. 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.
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13. Point
    heading as close to the wind as possible
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14. Point
    a valid touch; the tip of the sword; an attack made with the point (ie. a thrust)
    Found on http://www.hpfc.org.uk/glossary.htm
    
    
15. 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.
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16. point
    An exact location in space, usually represented by a dot
    Example:
    
    point A
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17. point
    1)in job evaluation: a unit of measurement for the extent of a certain type of job requirements or the difficulty of a job; 2)in merit rating: a measurement unit for the extent of a certain type of job capabilities, job efforts or job qualities Category: Labour • (1)Point (linking or poi...
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18. 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.
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19. Point
    Point (point) transitive verb & i. To appoint. [ Obsolete] Spenser.
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20. 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...
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21. Point
    Point transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Pointed ; present participle & verbal noun Pointing .] [ Confer French pointer . See Point , noun...
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22. 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.»...
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23. 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...
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24. 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...
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25. point
    pointedness noun the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip
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