Point

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Point or points may refer to:

Mathematics

• Point (geometry), a representation of an exact position in a physical or mathematical space
• Point, or element, in category theory, the generalized concept of a set element
• Decimal point

Places

• Point, Cornwall, England, a settlement in Feock parish
• Point, Lewis, a peninsula in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland
• Point, the northeast tip of the Inner Hebrides island of Lismore, Scotland
• Point, Texas, a US city

Business and finance

• Point (loyalty program), a form of currency used as a purchasing incentive
• Point (mortgage), a payment made up front in exchange for a reduced interest rate

Measurement units

• Point (gemstone), 2 milligrams, or one hundredth of a carat
• A unit of card stock thickness
• Point, 1/100 of an inch, formerly used to describe rainfall in Australia
• Point (typography)
• Points, an antler's size by the number of its tips
• Printer point, a unit of relative exposure in photography

Navigation

• One of the 32 directional points of the compass
• Point of sail, a sailing craft's direction of travel in relation to wind direction
• Point, the direction of an object by its clock position

Sports

• Point, in sports scoring
  • Point (American football)
  • Point (basketball)
  • Point (ice hockey)
  • Point (pickleball)
  • Point (tennis)
  • Points (association football)
• Point (cricket), a fielding position
• Point guard, in basketball
• The point (ice hockey), a player location

Technology and transport

• Point, a data element in a SCADA system
• Points, a contact breaker in an ignition system
• Points, a railroad switch (British English)
• A penal point assessed for a driving offense
• An archaeological projectile point
• Public Oregon Intercity Transit, styled POINT, a public transit system

Arts, entertainment, and media

Other uses

• Full point, point, or period, a punctuation mark
• Point (coat color), animal fur coloration of the extremities
• Point (geography), a peninsula or headland
• Point (surname)
• Point, a pointing dog's stance when signalling a quarry's location
• Point, as in "take point", the literal or figurative front person in a military or other endeavor
• Point University, West Point, Georgia

See also

• List of mathematical properties of points
• Critical point (mathematics), a stationary point of a function of an arbitrary number of variables
• Point-free geometry
• Stationary point, a point in a single-valued function where the value of the function ceases to change
• Basis point, 1/100 of one percentage point
• Percentage point, the arithmetic difference between two percentages
• Pivot point (technical analysis), a price level used to analyze stock market movement

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• Paris point, used for shoe sizes
• Interpoint, a punctuation mark
• 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
• . (disambiguation)
• Dot (disambiguation)
• Period (disambiguation)

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