'At point' definitions:
Definition of 'At point'
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- Point \Point\, n. [F. point, and probably also pointe, L. punctum, puncta, fr. pungere, punctum, to prick. See Pungent, and cf. Puncto, Puncture.]
- 1. That which pricks or pierces; the sharp end of anything, esp. the sharp end of a piercing instrument, as a needle or a pin. [1913 Webster]
- 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 cutter's point; -- called also pointer. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Anything which tapers to a sharp, well-defined termination. Specifically: A small promontory or cape; a tract of land extending into the water beyond the common shore line. [1913 Webster]
- 4. The mark made by the end of a sharp, piercing instrument, as a needle; a prick. [1913 Webster]
- 5. An indefinitely small space; a mere spot indicated or supposed. Specifically: (Geom.) That which has neither parts nor magnitude; that which has position, but has neither length, breadth, nor thickness, -- sometimes conceived of as the limit of a line; that by the motion of which a line is conceived to be produced. [1913 Webster]
- 6. An indivisible portion of time; a moment; an instant; hence, the verge. [1913 Webster]
- When time's first point begun Made he all souls. --Sir J. Davies. [1913 Webster]
- 7. A mark of punctuation; a character used to mark the divisions of a composition, or the pauses to be observed in reading, or to point off groups of figures, etc.; a stop, as a comma, a semicolon, and esp. a period; hence, figuratively, an end, or conclusion. [1913 Webster]
- And there a point, for ended is my tale. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Commas and points they set exactly right. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 8. Whatever serves to mark progress, rank, or relative position, or to indicate a transition from one state or position to another, degree; step; stage; hence, position or condition attained; as, a point of elevation, or of depression; the stock fell off five points; he won by tenpoints. "A point of precedence." --Selden. "Creeping on from point to point." --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- A lord full fat and in good point. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 9. That which arrests attention, or indicates qualities or character; a salient feature; a characteristic; a peculiarity; hence, a particular; an item; a detail; as, the good or bad points of a man, a horse, a book, a story, etc. [1913 Webster]
- He told him, point for point, in short and plain. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- In point of religion and in point of honor. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- Shalt thou dispute With Him the points of liberty ? --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 10. Hence, the most prominent or important feature, as of an argument, discourse, etc.; the essential matter; esp., the proposition to be established; as, the point of an anecdote. "Here lies the point." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- They will hardly prove his point. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
- 11. A small matter; a trifle; a least consideration; a punctilio. [1913 Webster]
- This fellow doth not stand upon points. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- [He] cared not for God or man a point. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 12. (Mus.) A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time; as: (a) (Anc. Mus.) A dot or mark distinguishing or characterizing certain tones or styles; as, points of perfection, of augmentation, etc.; hence, a note; a tune. "Sound the trumpet -- not a levant, or a flourish, but a point of war." --Sir W. Scott. (b) (Mod. Mus.) A dot placed at the right hand of a note, to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half, as to make a whole note equal to three half notes, a half note equal to three quarter notes. [1913 Webster]
- 13. (Astron.) A fixed conventional place for reference, or zero of reckoning, in the heavens, usually the intersection of two or more great circles of the sphere, and named specifically in each case according to the position intended; as, the equinoctial points; the solstitial points; the nodal points; vertical points, etc. See Equinoctial Nodal. [1913 Webster]
- 14. (Her.) One of the several different parts of the escutcheon. See Escutcheon. [1913 Webster]
- 15. (Naut.) (a) One of the points of the compass (see {Points of the compass}, below); also, the difference between two points of the compass; as, to fall off a point. (b) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails. See Reef point, under Reef. [1913 Webster]
- 16. (Anc. Costume) A a string or lace used to tie together certain parts of the dress. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- 17. Lace wrought the needle; as, point de Venise; Brussels point. See Point lace, below. [1913 Webster]
- 18. pl. (Railways) A switch. [Eng.] [1913 Webster]
- 19. An item of private information; a hint; a tip; a pointer. [Cant, U. S.] [1913 Webster]
- 20. (Cricket) A fielder who is stationed on the off side, about twelve or fifteen yards from, and a little in advance of, the batsman. [1913 Webster]
- 21. The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game; as, the dog came to a point. See Pointer. [1913 Webster]
- 22. (Type Making) A standard unit of measure for the size of type bodies, being one twelfth of the thickness of pica type. See Point system of type, under Type. [1913 Webster]
- 23. A tyne or snag of an antler. [1913 Webster]
- 24. One of the spaces on a backgammon board. [1913 Webster]
- 25. (Fencing) A movement executed with the saber or foil; as, tierce point. [1913 Webster]
- 26. (Med.) A pointed piece of quill or bone covered at one end with vaccine matter; -- called also vaccine point. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 27. One of the raised dots used in certain systems of printing and writing for the blind. The first practical system was that devised by Louis Braille in 1829, and still used in Europe (see Braille). Two modifications of this are current in the United States:
- New York point founded on three bases of equidistant points arranged in two lines (viz., : :: :::), and a later improvement,
- American Braille, embodying the Braille base (:::) and the New-York-point principle of using the characters of few points for the commonest letters. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 28. In technical senses: (a) In various games, a position of a certain player, or, by extension, the player himself; as: (1) (Lacrosse & Ice Hockey) The position of the player of each side who stands a short distance in front of the goal keeper; also, the player himself. (2) (Baseball) (pl.) The position of the pitcher and catcher. (b) (Hunting) A spot to which a straight run is made; hence, a straight run from point to point; a cross-country run. [Colloq. Oxf. E. D.] (c) (Falconry) The perpendicular rising of a hawk over the place where its prey has gone into cover. (d) Act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain dance positions. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- Note: The word point is a general term, much used in the sciences, particularly in mathematics, mechanics, perspective, and physics, but generally either in the geometrical sense, or in that of degree, or condition of change, and with some accompanying descriptive or qualifying term, under which, in the vocabulary, the specific uses are explained; as, boiling point, carbon point, dry point, freezing point, melting point, vanishing point, etc. [1913 Webster]
- At all points, in every particular, completely; perfectly. --Shak.
- At point, In point, At the point, In the point, or On the point, as near as can be; on the verge; about (see About, prep., 6); as, at the point of death; he was on the point of speaking. "In point to fall down." --Chaucer. "Caius Sidius Geta, at point to have been taken, recovered himself so valiantly as brought day on his side." --Milton.
- Dead point. (Mach.) Same as Dead center, under Dead.
- Far point (Med.), in ophthalmology, the farthest point at which objects are seen distinctly. In normal eyes the nearest point at which objects are seen distinctly; either with the two eyes together (binocular near point), or with each eye separately (monocular near point).
- Nine points of the law, all but the tenth point; the greater weight of authority.
- On the point. See At point, above.
- Point lace, lace wrought with the needle, as distinguished from that made on the pillow.
- Point net, a machine-made lace imitating a kind of Brussels lace (Brussels ground).
- Point of concurrence (Geom.), a point common to two lines, but not a point of tangency or of intersection, as, for instance, that in which a cycloid meets its base.
- Point of contrary flexure, a point at which a curve changes its direction of curvature, or at which its convexity and concavity change sides.
- Point of order, in parliamentary practice, a question of order or propriety under the rules.
- Point of sight (Persp.), in a perspective drawing, the point assumed as that occupied by the eye of the spectator.
- Point of view, the relative position from which anything is seen or any subject is considered.
- Points of the compass (Naut.), the thirty-two points of division of the compass card in the mariner's compass; the corresponding points by which the circle of the horizon is supposed to be divided, of which the four marking the directions of east, west, north, and south, are called cardinal points, and the rest are named from their respective directions, as N. by E., N. N. E., N. E. by N., N. E., etc. See Illust. under Compass.
- Point paper, paper pricked through so as to form a stencil for transferring a design.
- Point system of type. See under Type.
- Singular point (Geom.), a point of a curve which possesses some property not possessed by points in general on the curve, as a cusp, a point of inflection, a node, etc.
- To carry one's point, to accomplish one's object, as in a controversy.
- To make a point of, to attach special importance to.
- To make a point, or To gain a point, accomplish that which was proposed; also, to make advance by a step, grade, or position.
- To mark a point, or To score a point, as in billiards, cricket, etc., to note down, or to make, a successful hit, run, etc.
- To strain a point, to go beyond the proper limit or rule; to stretch one's authority or conscience.
- Vowel point, in Arabic, Hebrew, and certain other Eastern and ancient languages, a mark placed above or below the consonant, or attached to it, representing the vowel, or vocal sound, which precedes or follows the consonant. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'At point'
- At all points,
- At the point,
- In point,
- In the point,
- On the point,
- Point,
- Pointed,
- Pointedly,
- Pointing,
- To point at,
- To point off,
- on that point,
- point after,
- point at,
- point out,
- point to,
- point up,
- pointing out,
- to the point,
- Anchor Point,
- Arrow Point,
- Bay Point,
- Bayonet Point,
- Bemus Point,
- Big Point,
- Black Point,
- Blue Point,
- Boca Pointe,
- Boiling point,
- Breezy Point,
- Broeck Pointe,
- Brussels point,
- Camden Point,
- Camp Point,
- Canal Point,
- Carbon point,
- Cardinal points,
- Carneys Point,
- Castle Point,
- Cedar Point,
- Center Point,
- Center Point, IN,
- Central Point,
- Central Point, OR,
- Charcoal point,
- Church Point,
- Clark's Point,
- Commercial Point,
- Conjugate point,
- Consequent points,
- Crown Point,
- Crown Point, IN,
- Dana Point,
- Dead point,
- Decimal point,
- Dexter point,
- Dollar Point,
- Double point,
- Dry point,
- Eagle Point,
- Eagle Point, OR,
- East Point,
- Elk Point,
- Equinoctial points,
- Erlands Point,
- Far point,
- Fess point,
- Fiducial point,
- Finley Point,
- Five Points,
- Flash point,
- Flashing point,
- Fox Point,
- Freezing point,
- Friars Point,
- Fusing point,
- Gauge point,
- Gloucester Point,
- Grosse Pointe,
- Hawk Point,
- Heart point,
- High Point,
- Honor point,
- Hunts Point,
- Imaginary points,
- Indian Point,
- Inverse points,
- Iroquois Point,
- Kings Point,
- Kittery Point,
- Kittery Point, ME,
- Libration point,
- Lighthouse Point,
- Long Point,
- Lowell Point,
- Lubber's point,
- Median point,
- Melting point,
- Middle Point,
- Mineral Point,
- Moot point,
- Morgan's Point,
- Moss Point,
- Myrtle Point,
- Myrtle Point, OR,
- Navel point,
- Nodal point,
- Oak Point,
- Pernitas Point,
- Physical point,
- Picnic Point,
- Pilot Point,
- Pine Point,
- Pitch point,
- Pitkas Point,
- Point Arena,
- Point Baker,
- Point Blank,
- Point Clear,
- Point Comfort,
- Point Hope,
- Point Lay,
- Point Lookout,
- Point MacKenzie,
- Point Marion,
- Point Pleasant,
- Point alphabet,
- Point lace,
- Point man,
- Point net,
- Point of Rocks,
- Point of concurrence,
- Point of distance,
- Point of honor,
- Point of inflection,
- Point of order,
- Point of sight,
- Point of view,
- Point paper,
- Point switch,
- Point, TX,
- Pointe Coupee,
- Pointed arch,
- Pointed style,
- Points of support,
- Points of suspension,
- Points of the compass,
- Power of a point,
- Powhatan Point,
- Priest Point,
- Principal point,
- Quarter point,
- Radiant point,
- Ray point,
- Reed Point,
- Reef points,
- Regression point,
- Rock Point,
- Rocky Point,
- Rouses Point,
- Row of points,
- Russells Point,
- Sand Point,
- Sands Point,
- Seven Points,
- Sewall's Point,
- Shady Point,
- Sheldon Point,
- Shell Point,
- Singular point,
- Smokey Point,
- Sodus Point,
- Somers Point,
- South Point,
- Starting point,
- Stevens Point,
- Sticking point,
- Stony Point,
- Strategic point,
- Strawberry Point,
- Supraorbital point,
- Three Points,
- To be at the boiling point,
- To gain a point,
- To give points,
- To make a point,
- To make a point of,
- To mark a point,
- To point a rope,
- To point a sail,
- To point the yards,
- To point well,
- To score a point,
- To strain a point,
- To turn the point of,
- To weather a point,
- Trois point,
- Tuck pointing,
- Turning point,
- Umbilical point,
- Union Point,
- Vaccine point,
- Vanishing point,
- Vantage point,
- Visual point,
- Vowel point,
- West Point,
- Whitney Point,
- Wills Point,
- Wind Point,
- Wolf Point,
- Working point,
- Yarrow Point,
- Zero point,
- alveolar point,
- auricular point,
- beside the point,
- blue pointed,
- breaker point,
- breaking point,
- case in point,
- celestial point,
- compass point,
- craniometric point,
- critical point,
- curie point,
- data point,
- dew point,
- diamond point,
- distributor point,
- end point,
- equinoctial point,
- exclamation point,
- extra point,
- extreme point,
- focal point,
- full point,
- geographic point,
- geographical point,
- grade point,
- gros point,
- in point of fact,
- interrogation point,
- intersection point,
- jugal point,
- limit point,
- main point,
- make a point,
- make a point of,
- match point,
- mcburney's point,
- orbital point,
- pedal point,
- percentage point,
- petit point,
- point after touchdown,
- point duty,
- point in time,
- point jam,
- point mutation,
- point of accumulation,
- point of apoapsis,
- point of departure,
- point of entry,
- point of intersection,
- point of no return,
- point of periapsis,
- point of reference,
- point source,
- point system,
- point the way,
- point woman,
- pointed wart,
- pointing trowel,
- power point,
- pressure point,
- rallying point,
- reference point,
- saturation point,
- selling point,
- set point,
- stopping point,
- strong point,
- suspension point,
- talking point,
- terminal point,
- topographic point,
- weak point,
- well point,
- Black Point-Green Point,
- Anchor Point, AK,
- Arrow Point, MO,
- Barbers Point Housing,
- Bay Point, CA,
- Bayonet Point, FL,
- Bemus Point, NY,
- Big Point, MS,
- Black Point, CA,
- Black Point-Green Point, CA,
- Blue Point, NY,
- Boca Pointe, FL,
- Breezy Point, MN,
- Bristle-pointed,
- Broeck Pointe, KY,
- Camden Point, MO,
- Camp Point, IL,
- Canal Point, FL,
- Cape May Point,
- Carneys Point, NJ,
- Castle Point, MO,
- Cedar Point, IL,
- Cedar Point, KS,
- Cedar Point, NC,
- Center Point, AL,
- Center Point, IA,
- Church Point, LA,
- Circular points at infinity,
- Clark's Point, AK,
- Commercial Point, OH,
- Cover-point,
- Crown Point, AK,
- Dana Point, CA,
- Dew-point,
- Dollar Point, CA,
- East Point, GA,
- Elk Point, SD,
- Erlands Point, WA,
- Estoile of eight points,
- Estoile of four points,
- Finley Point, MT,
- Five Points, AL,
- Five Points, FL,
- Five Points, NC,
- Five Points, OH,
- Fox Point, WI,
- Friars Point, MS,
- Gloucester Point, VA,
- Grosse Pointe Farms,
- Grosse Pointe Park,
- Grosse Pointe Shores,
- Grosse Pointe Woods,
- Grosse Pointe, MI,
- Groton Long Point,
- Hawk Point, MO,
- High Point, FL,
- High Point, NC,
- Hunts Point, WA,
- Indian Point, MO,
- Iroquois Point, HI,
- Isolated point of a curve,
- Kings Point, FL,
- Kings Point, MT,
- Kings Point, NY,
- Lighthouse Point, FL,
- Long Point, IL,
- Lowell Point, AK,
- Masoretic points and accents,
- Middle Point, OH,
- Mineral Point, MO,
- Mineral Point, WI,
- Morgan's Point Resort,
- Morgan's Point, TX,
- Moss Point, MS,
- Needle-pointed,
- New York point,
- Nine points circle,
- Nine points of the law,
- Oak Point, FL,
- Oak Point, TX,
- Pernitas Point, TX,
- Picnic Point, WA,
- Pilot Point, AK,
- Pilot Point, TX,
- Pine Point, MN,
- Piney Point Village,
- Pitkas Point, AK,
- Point Arena, CA,
- Point Baker, AK,
- Point Blank, TX,
- Point Clear, AL,
- Point Comfort, TX,
- Point Hope, AK,
- Point Lay, AK,
- Point Lookout, NY,
- Point MacKenzie, AK,
- Point Marion, PA,
- Point Pleasant Beach,
- Point Pleasant, NJ,
- Point Pleasant, WV,
- Point Reyes Station,
- Point appliqu'e,
- Point d'appui,
- Point of Rocks, WY,
- Point of contrary flexure,
- Point system of type,
- Point-blank,
- Point-device,
- Point-devise,
- Pointe Coupee Parish,
- Pointe Coupee, LA,
- Powhatan Point, OH,
- Priest Point, WA,
- Probe-pointed,
- Projection of a point on a plane,
- Reed Point, MT,
- Rock Point, AZ,
- Rocky Point, MT,
- Rocky Point, NY,
- Rouses Point, NY,
- Russells Point, OH,
- Sand Point, AK,
- Sands Point, NY,
- Seven Points, TX,
- Sewall's Point, FL,
- Shady Point, OK,
- Sheldon Point, AK,
- Shell Point, SC,
- Singular point in a curve,
- Six points circle,
- Smokey Point, WA,
- Sodus Point, NY,
- Somers Point, NJ,
- South Point, OH,
- South Point, TX,
- St. Marys Point,
- Stevens Point, WI,
- Stony Point, MI,
- Stony Point, NC,
- Stony Point, NY,
- Stony Point, OK,
- Strawberry Point, IA,
- Three Points, AZ,
- Three-pointed,
- To carry one's point,
- Union Point, GA,
- West Point, AL,
- West Point, AR,
- West Point, CA,
- West Point, GA,
- West Point, IA,
- West Point, IL,
- West Point, KY,
- West Point, MS,
- West Point, NE,
- West Point, NY,
- West Point, UT,
- West Point, VA,
- Whitney Point, NY,
- Wills Point, TX,
- Wind Point, WI,
- Wolf Point, MT,
- Yarrow Point, WA,
- blue point siamese,
- cardinal compass point,
- dust-point,
- finger-pointing,
- five-pointed,
- fourfold point correlation,
- grade point average,
- jumping-off point,
- point-of-sale,
- pointed-toe,
- sharp-pointed