• a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts distributor Points and current flows to the spark plugs
• sharp end; "he stuck the Point of the knife into a tree"; "he broke the Point of his pencil"
• a wall socket
• the gun muzzle''s direction; "he held me up at the Point of a gun"
• an outstanding characteristic; "his acting was one of the high Points of the movie"
• a distinguishing or individuating characteristic; "he knows my bad Points as well as my good Points"
• the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp Point
• an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole; "several of the details are similar"; "a Point of information"
• a geometric element that has position but no extension; "a Point is defined by its coordinates"
• the object of an activity; "what is the Point of discussing it?"
• a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list; "he noticed an item in the New York Times"; "she had several items on her shopping list"; "the main Point on the agenda was taken up first"
• 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"
• a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow Pointer; "the Point of the arrow was due north"
• a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations; "in England they call a period a stop"
• the precise location of something; a spatially limited location; "she walked to a Point where she could survey the whole street"
• a promontory extending out into a large body of water; "they sailed south around the Point"
• the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest; "he scored 20 Points in the first half"; "a touchdown counts 6 Points"
• a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch
• a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect
• any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass; "he checked the Point on his compass"
• a V shape; "the cannibal''s teeth were filed to sharp Points"
• a very small circular shape; "a row of Points"; "draw lines between the dots"
• 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?"
• an instant of time; "at that Point I had to leave"
• repair the joints of bricks; "Point a chimney"
• give a Point to; "The candles are tapered"
• be a signal for or a symptom of; "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"; "Her behavior Points to a severe neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued"
• 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"
• intend (something) to move towards a certain goal; "He aimed his fists towards his opponent''s face"; "criticism directed at her superior"; "direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself"
• direct into a position for use; "Point a gun"; "He charged his weapon at me"
• be positionable in a specified manner; "The gun Points with ease"
• mark (a psalm text) to indicate the Points at which the music changes
• mark with diacritics; "Point the letter"
• mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics
• sail close to the wind
• direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
• be oriented; "The weather vane Points North"

'Point' in other languages