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src: wikipedia
- Definition
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- point :a geometric element that has position but no extension
- a point is defined by its coordinates
- point :indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
- I showed the customer the glove section|He pointed to the empty parking space|he indicated his opponents
- point :the precise location of something; a spatially limited location
- she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street
- point :be oriented
- The weather vane points North|the dancers toes pointed outward
- point :a brief version of the essential meaning of something
- get to the point|he missed the point of the joke|life has lost its point
- point :direct into a position for use
- point a gun|He charged his weapon at me
- point :an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole
- several of the details are similar|a point of information
- point :a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
- a remarkable degree of frankness|at what stage are the social sciences?