Talk:point

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Missing meaning: measure of the size of e.g. a font. \Mike 03:09, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

 Done Equinox ◑ 00:11, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

Pointed question

What is a "pointed question" ?. --193.145.201.53 07:04, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

It means a question that is directed particularly. A pointed question is one that is difficult to answer in a confusing, ambiguous, or disingenuous manner, and one that gets to the meat of an issue. —Stephen 17:13, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

 Done; see pointed. Equinox ◑ 00:11, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

Another sense

I would like to point out that the anon 74.235.244.202 raises a valid point. Another definition of "point" is "the most important essential in a discussion or matter", as in I almost missed the whole point of the IP's comment. --Dromioofephesus 19:58, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

 Done Equinox ◑ 00:11, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

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Rfv-sense 11: "(rail transport, Commonwealth) a device by which trains change tracks; switch". Isn't it always used as points, ie with the final -s? --Duncan 01:41, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

• Yes, always (deprecated template usage) points in the UK. SemperBlotto 08:31, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

Isn't this an instance of something that, in its natural sense, occurs in pairs? Two tapered, pointed rails (plus a frog (US)) make up one switch (US) = points. How does one

refer to a single switch in "points-speak"? What number verb does it take. DCDuring TALK 10:57, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

OED ([1], 21.k.) defines as: "In pl. A pair of tapering movable rails forming a junction at which railway vehicles are directed from one set of rails to another; the junction as a whole. Also applied to a similar junction on a tramway, etc." and gives an example with "until the ‘points’ or ‘switches’ have been placed in their proper position" [my highlight] so I reckon they're treated just like glasses, scissors &c. --Duncan 21:15, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Failed, sense deleted, translations moved to their table at points. --Duncan 23:26, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Pointing the Brie

Apparently, "pointing" Brie (or possibly other cheeses cut out of a circular shape) is cutting the tip off instead of cutting it along the radius. This is supposed to be a breach of etiquette. Imagine giving a fuck about the radii of a cheese! Equinox ◑ 02:40, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

desperation point

I had reached desperation point.
Microsoft® Encarta® 2009

--Backinstadiums (talk) 23:07, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

= the point of desperation. Not a fixed two-word phrase really. Equinox ◑ 23:17, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

give points to

In Chambers 1908: "to give odds to; to give an advantageous hint on any subject". Equinox ◑ 08:41, 14 May 2020 (UTC)

(zero) point

0.67 (zero) point six seven --Backinstadiums (talk) 09:30, 15 August 2020 (UTC)

more to the point

https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/more+to+the+point --Backinstadiums (talk) 16:29, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

Adjective?

https://i.imgur.com/xffFyxr.jpg --Backinstadiums (talk) 09:42, 26 December 2020 (UTC)

No, "point whoring" is "whoring for points" (noun), like how "point scoring" is "the scoring of points", and "computer game" is a game for a computer. No adjectives. Equinox ◑ 10:36, 26 December 2020 (UTC)

low point

low point informal (unhappy moment, time) --Backinstadiums (talk) 15:46, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

1⁄72 inch

(1⁄72 inch), or 1⁄12 pica:
[countable] too large a point on that poster.
[uncountable;  after a number] using Courier 12 point for printing.

Does uncountable; after a number actually mean with unchanged plural? --Backinstadiums (talk) 09:31, 25 April 2021 (UTC)

"point" as in "point-free", in programming

See tacit programming. Is this covered here? I suppose it might be the sense of "a zero-dimensional mathematical object". Equinox ◑ 21:19, 3 July 2022 (UTC)