A small dot or mark. • Something tiny, as a pinprick; a very small mark. • A full stop or other terminal punctuation mark. • A decimal point (now especially when reading decimal fractions aloud). • Each of the marks or strokes written above letters, especially in Semitic languages, to indicate vowels, stress etc. • A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time. In ancient music, it distinguished or characterized certain tones or styles (points of perfection, of augmentation, etc.). In modern music, it is placed on the right of a note to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half. • A note; a tune. • A zero-dimensional mathematical object representing a location in one or more dimensions; something considered to have position but no magnitude or direction. • A small discrete division or individual feature of something. • An individual element in a larger whole; a particular detail, thought, or quality. • A particular moment in an event or occurrence; a juncture. • Condition, state. • A topic of discussion or debate; a proposition; a count. • An item of private information; a hint; a tip; a pointer. • A focus of conversation or consideration; the main idea. • A purpose or objective, which makes something meaningful. • The smallest quantity of something; a jot, a whit. • A tiny amount of time; a moment. • A specific location or place, seen as a spatial position. • A distinguishing quality or characteristic. • The chief or excellent features. • An area of contrasting colour on an animal, especially a dog; a marking. • A tenth; formerly also a twelfth. • Ellipsis of percentage point. • A unit of scoring in a game or competition. • A unit of various numerical parameters used in a game, e.g. health, experience, stamina, mana. • A unit used to express differences in prices of stocks and shares. • A unit of measure equal to 1/12 of a pica, or approximately 1/72 of an inch (exactly 1/72 of an inch in the digital era). • An electric power socket. • A unit of measure for rain, equal to 0.254 mm or 0.01 of an inch. • Either of the two metal surfaces in a distributor which close or open to allow or prevent the flow of current through the ignition coil. There is usually a moving point, pushed by the distributor cam, and a fixed point, and they are built together as a unit. • A sharp extremity. • The sharp tip of an object. • Any projecting extremity of an object. • An object which has a sharp or tapering tip. • A spearhead or similar object hafted to a handle. • A vaccine point. • Each of the twelve triangular positions in either table of a backgammon board, on which the stones are played. • A peninsula or promontory. • The position at the front or vanguard of an advancing force. • An operational or public leadership position in a risky endeavor. • Ellipsis of point man. • Each of the main directions on a compass, usually considered to be 32 in number; a direction. • The difference between two points of the compass; a unit of bearing equal to one thirty-second of a circle, i.e. 11.25°. • Pointedness of speech or writing; a penetrating or decisive quality of expression. • A railroad switch. • A tine or snag of an antler. • One of the “corners” of the escutcheon: the base (bottom center) unless a qualifier is added (point dexter, point dexter base, point sinister, point sinister base), generally when separately tinctured. (Compare terrace, point champaine, enté en point.) • An ordinary similar to a pile (but sometimes shorter), extending upward from the base. (Often termed a point pointed.) • The act of pointing. • The act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain dance positions. • The gesture of extending the index finger in a direction in order to indicate something. • The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game. • The perpendicular rising of a hawk over the place where its prey has gone into cover. • A movement executed with the sabre or foil. • A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails. • A string or lace used to tie together certain garments. • Lace worked by the needle. • In various sports, a position of a certain player, or, by extension, the player occupying that position. • A fielding position square of the wicket on the off side, between gully and cover. • The position of the player of each side who stands a short distance in front of the goalkeeper. • The position of the pitcher and catcher. • A spot to which a straight run is made; hence, a straight run from point to point; a cross-country run.