A point is a small dot or the sharp tip of something. Point or points may refer to:
Mathematics
See also: List of mathematical properties of points- Point (geometry), an entity that has a location in space or on a plane, but has no extent; more generally, an element of some abstract topological space
- Point, or Element (category theory), generalizes the set-theoretic concept of an element of a set to an object of any category
- Critical point (mathematics), a stationary point of a function of an arbitrary number of variables
- Decimal point
- Point-free geometry
- Stationary point, a point in the domain of a single-valued function where the value of the function ceases to change
Places
- Point, Cornwall, England, a settlement in Feock parish
- Point, Lewis, a peninsula in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland
- Point, Texas, a city in Rains County, Texas, United States
- Point, the NE tip and a ferry terminal of Lismore, Inner Hebrides, Scotland
- Points, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in the United States
Business and finance
- Point (loyalty program), a type of virtual currency in common use among mercantile loyalty programs, globally
- Point (mortgage), a percentage sometimes referred to as a form of pre-paid interest used to reduce interest rates in a mortgage loan
- Basis point, 1/100 of one percent, denoted bp, bps, and ‱
- Percentage points, used to measure a change in percentage absolutely
- Pivot point (technical analysis), a price level of significance in analysis of a financial market that is used as a predictive indicator of market movement
- "Points", the term for profit sharing in the American film industry, where creatives involved in making the film get a defined percentage of the net profits or even gross receipts
- Royalty points, a way of sharing profit between companies and unit holders
- Vigorish point, the commission charged on a gambling bet or loanshark's loan
Measurement units
- Point (gemstone), 2 milligrams, or one hundredth of a carat
- Point, in hunting, the number of antler tips on the hunted animal (e.g. 9 point buck)
- Point, for describing paper-stock thickness, a synonym of mil and thou (one thousandth of an inch)
- Point, a hundredth of an inch or 0.254 mm, a unit of measurement formerly used for rainfall in Australia
- Paris point, 2/3 cm, used for shoe sizes
- Points of the compass, one of the 32 directions on a traditional compass, equal to one eighth of a right angle (11.25 degrees)
In typography
- Point, a unit of measurement used in printing
- A dot grapheme
- Decimal point, the mark used to separate an integer from a decimal part
Sports
- Point (American football)
- Point (basketball)
- Point (ice hockey)
- Point (pickleball)
- Point (tennis)
- Point, fielding (cricket)
- Point, in sports Score
- Point guard, in basketball
- Points (association football)
- Points decision, in boxing and some other fighting sports
- The point (ice hockey), the location of an ice hockey player
Technology and transport
- Point, a data element in a SCADA system representing a single input or output
- Points, a contact breaker in an ignition system
- Points, a railroad switch (British English)
- Points, the clock position of an object seen from a moving vessel or aircraft on an imaginary horizontal clock with 12:00 at the front; e.g., two points to starboard is 2:00
- Points of sail, a sailing boat's course in relation to wind direction
- Point system (driving), a system of demerits for driving offenses
- Projectile point, a hafted archaeological artifact used as a knife or projectile tip
- Public Oregon Intercity Transit, styled POINT, a public transit system
Arts, entertainment, and media
Music
- Point (Cornelius album), a 2001 album by Cornelius
- Point #1, a 1999 album of Chevelle
- Point Music, a record label
- Points (album), by jazz pianist Matthew Shipp
- "The Points", a 1995 single and video from the Panther soundtrack
- Point (Yello album), a 2020 album by Yello
- "Point", a song by the American band Bright from their self-titled album
Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media
- High card points, used for hand evaluation in contract bridge
- Le Point, a French weekly
- On Point, a radio show
- Point Broadcasting, a radio broadcasting company
- Pointe technique, a ballet technique for dancing on the tips of toes
- Take Point (2018), a South Korean action film
Other uses
- Point (coat color), animal fur coloration of the extremities
- Point (geography), a peninsula or headland
- Point (surname), a surname
- Make a point or come to a point, a hunting term referring to a pointing dog's standing rigid and facing the prey
- On point, someone who possesses abundant and various qualities of competence, leadership or style, or to specific acts which demonstrate such qualities
- Point man, one who takes point (defined below) on patrol, the lookout in the commission of a crime, a defense position in ice hockey, or someone who leads the defense of a political position
- Point mutation, a change in a single nucleotide
- Take point (or walk point, be on point, or be a point man), to be the lead, and likely most vulnerable, soldier, vehicle, or unit in a combat military formation
- Point University, West Point, Georgia
See also
- Endpoint (disambiguation)
- Lapointe (disambiguation), also Lepoint/La Pointe/Le Point
- Midpoint (disambiguation)
- Point Lookout (disambiguation)
- Pointing (disambiguation)
- Points system (disambiguation)
- Start Point (disambiguation)
- The Point (disambiguation)
- Tipping point (disambiguation)
- All pages with titles beginning with Point
- All pages with titles containing Point
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