Usually means: Location with no dimensional extent.
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General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. point: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. point, point, the point: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. point: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. point: Collins English Dictionary
  5. point: Vocabulary.com
  6. Point, point, point, point: Wordnik
  7. point: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Point, point: Wiktionary
  9. point: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. point: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. point: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. point, the point: Dictionary.com
  13. point (n.), point (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. point: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Point (album), Point (basketball), Point (coat color), Point (disambiguation), Point (gemstone), Point (geography), Point (geometry), Point (ice hockey), Point (mathematics), Point (mortgage), Point (spatial), Point (tennis), Point (topology), Point (typography), Point, (Get to) The Point, The Point (film), The Point (magazine), The Point (radio network), The Point (radio show), The Point (the Gambia), The Point, The Point, The point (ice hockey): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Point: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. point: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. point, point (m): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. point: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. point: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  21. Point: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  22. point: Free Dictionary
  23. point: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. point: Dictionary/thesaurus
  25. point: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  26. point: Rhymezone

Art (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. Paris Cookbook (No longer online)
  2. Epicurus.com French Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Epicurus.com Coffee Glossary (No longer online)
  4. Epicurus.com Food Glossary (No longer online)
  5. Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)
  6. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)
  7. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)
  8. point: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

Business (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. point: Webster's New World Finance & Investment Dictionary
  3. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  5. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  6. Point: bizterms.net
  7. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  8. Point: Futures and Options Market Terminology
  9. Real Estate and Mortgage Glossary (No longer online)
  10. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  11. Comprehensive Financial (No longer online)
  12. Point: Securities Terminology
  13. point: Legal dictionary
  14. Point (mortgage), Point: Financial dictionary
  15. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)
  16. Point: WashingtonPost.com: Business

Computing (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. point: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. Point: Game Dictionary
  3. Point (geography), Point (landform), point: Encyclopedia
  4. point: Netlingo
  5. point: CCI Computer

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. point: Medical dictionary
  3. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Encyclopedia of Graphic Symbols (No longer online)
  3. POINT: Acronym Finder
  4. Tea Terms (No longer online)
  5. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  6. point: Idioms

Science (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  2. A Glossary of Mathematical Terms (No longer online)
  3. Point: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  4. point: PlanetMath Encyclopedia
  5. How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement (No longer online)
  6. FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. point, point: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Point: Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade
  3. The point: Urban Dictionary

Sports (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Point: Backgammon
  2. Racquetball Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  4. Point: Sports Definitions
  5. point: Guide For Gambling Dictionary

Tech (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. Book Binding (No longer online)
  2. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  3. Point: Gems and Precious Stones
  4. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  5. Glossary of Agricultural Terms, Programs and Laws (No longer online)
  6. Glossary of Diamonds (No longer online)
  7. Glossary of video terms (No longer online)
  8. Glossary of Coffee Terminology (No longer online)
  9. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
  10. Book Collectors' Glossary (No longer online)
  11. Point: Latitude Mexico

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A small dot or mark.
noun:  Something tiny, as a pinprick; a very small mark.
noun:  A full stop or other terminal punctuation mark.
noun:  (mathematics) A decimal point (now especially when reading decimal fractions aloud).
noun:  Each of the marks or strokes written above letters, especially in Semitic languages, to indicate vowels, stress etc.
noun:  (music) A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time. In ancient music, it distinguished or characterized certain tones or styles (points of perfection, of augmentation, etc.). In modern music, it is placed on the right of a note to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half.
noun:  (by extension) A note; a tune.
noun:  (mathematics, sciences) A zero-dimensional mathematical object representing a location in one or more dimensions; something considered to have position but no magnitude or direction.
noun:  A small discrete division or individual feature of something.
noun:  An individual element in a larger whole; a particular detail, thought, or quality.
noun:  A particular moment in an event or occurrence; a juncture.
noun:  (archaic) Condition, state.
noun:  A topic of discussion or debate; a proposition; a count
noun:  (US, slang, dated) An item of private information; a hint; a tip; a pointer.
noun:  A focus of conversation or consideration; the main idea.
noun:  A purpose or objective, which makes something meaningful.
noun:  (obsolete) The smallest quantity of something; a jot, a whit.
noun:  (obsolete) A tiny amount of time; a moment.
noun:  A specific location or place, seen as a spatial position.
noun:  A distinguishing quality or characteristic.
noun:  (in the plural, dated) The chief or excellent features.
noun:  (usually in the plural) An area of contrasting colour on an animal, especially a dog; a marking.
noun:  (now only in phrases) A tenth; formerly also a twelfth.
noun:  (sports, video games, board games) A unit of scoring in a game or competition.
noun:  (video games, board games) A unit of various numerical parameters used in a game, e.g. health, experience, stamina, mana.
noun:  (economics) A unit used to express differences in prices of stocks and shares.
noun:  (typography) a unit of measure equal to 1/12 of a pica, or approximately 1/72 of an inch (exactly 1/72 of an inch in the digital era).
noun:  (UK) An electric power socket.
noun:  (navigation, nautical) A unit of bearing equal to one thirty-second of a circle, i.e. 11.25°.
noun:  (UK) A unit of measure for rain, equal to 0.254 mm or 0.01 of an inch.
noun:  (automotive, chiefly in the plural) Either of the two metal surfaces in a distributor which close or open to allow or prevent the flow of current through the ignition coil. There is usually a moving point, pushed by the distributor cam, and a fixed point, and they are built together as a unit.
noun:  A sharp extremity.
noun:  The sharp tip of an object.
noun:  Any projecting extremity of an object.
noun:  An object which has a sharp or tapering tip.
noun:  (archaeology) A spearhead or similar object hafted to a handle.
noun:  (medicine, obsolete) A vaccine point.
noun:  (backgammon) Each of the twelve triangular positions in either table of a backgammon board, on which the stones are played.
noun:  A peninsula or promontory.
noun:  The position at the front or vanguard of an advancing force.
noun:  (by extension) An operational or public leadership position in a risky endeavor.
noun:  Each of the main directions on a compass, usually considered to be 32 in number; a direction.
noun:  (nautical) The difference between two points of the compass.
noun:  Pointedness of speech or writing; a penetrating or decisive quality of expression.
noun:  (rail transport, UK, in the plural) A railroad switch.
noun:  A tine or snag of an antler.
noun:  (heraldry) One of the "corners" of the escutcheon: the base (bottom center) unless a qualifier is added (point dexter, point dexter base, point sinister, point sinister base), generally when separately tinctured. (Compare terrace, point champaine, enté en point.)
noun:  (heraldry, by extension) An ordinary similar to a pile (but sometimes shorter), extending upward from the base. (Often termed a point pointed.)
noun:  The act of pointing.
noun:  The act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain dance positions.
noun:  The gesture of extending the index finger in a direction in order to indicate something.
noun:  The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game.
noun:  (falconry) The perpendicular rising of a hawk over the place where its prey has gone into cover.
noun:  (fencing) A movement executed with the sabre or foil.
noun:  (nautical) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails.
noun:  (historical) A string or lace used to tie together certain garments.
noun:  Lace worked by the needle.
noun:  In various sports, a position of a certain player, or, by extension, the player occupying that position.
noun:  (cricket, countable, uncountable) A fielding position square of the wicket on the off side, between gully and cover.
noun:  (lacrosse, ice hockey, countable, uncountable) The position of the player of each side who stands a short distance in front of the goalkeeper.
noun:  (baseball, countable, uncountable) The position of the pitcher and catcher.
noun:  (hunting) A spot to which a straight run is made; hence, a straight run from point to point; a cross-country run.
verb:  (intransitive) To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it.
verb:  (intransitive) To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.
verb:  (intransitive) To face in a particular direction.
verb:  (transitive, sometimes figurative) To direct toward an object; to aim.
verb:  To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end.
verb:  (intransitive) To indicate a probability of something.
verb:  (transitive, intransitive, masonry) To repair mortar.
verb:  (transitive, masonry) To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface.
verb:  (stone-cutting) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.
verb:  (transitive) To direct or encourage (someone) in a particular direction.
verb:  (transitive, mathematics) To separate an integer from a decimal with a decimal point.
verb:  (transitive) To mark with diacritics.
verb:  (dated) To supply with punctuation marks; to punctuate.
verb:  (transitive, computing) To direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location in memory.
verb:  (transitive, Internet) To direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that domain name.
verb:  (intransitive, nautical) To sail close to the wind.
verb:  (intransitive, hunting) To indicate the presence of game by a fixed and steady look, as certain hunting dogs do.
verb:  (medicine, of an abscess) To approximate to the surface; to head.
verb:  (dated) To give point to (something said or done); to give particular prominence or force to.
verb:  (obsolete) To appoint.
noun:  (informal, military) USMA (United States Military Academy) in West Point, New York.
noun:  A township in Posey County, Indiana, United States, so-named for being the southernmost and westernmost point in the state.
noun:  A township in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States.
noun:  A minor city in Rains County, Texas, United States.
noun:  A coastal settlement in Feock parish, south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8138).
noun:  A surname from French.
noun:  Short for percentage point. [One hundredth of a given value, used to measure the difference of two percentages.]
noun:  Short for point man. [(military) In combat, the soldier who takes point; the soldier who assumes the first and most exposed position in a combat military formation; the lead soldier/unit advancing through hostile or unsecured territory.]

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