Point
Point ( Latin punctum , puncture, plural: [the] points ) stands for:
- a geometric object underneath
- Point (geometry) , a non-extended place in any space
- the position of a physical object in three-dimensional space, see location (physics)
- an abstract counting, arithmetic and evaluation unit, see point (abstract) , for example
- in sports
- an evaluation unit for basketball throws, see basketball #pointing
- a unit for calculating ranking positions, see point rule
- Penalty point for road users
- in Germany, see points system (driving license law)
- in Austria, see withdrawal and renewal of the driving license # Regulations in Austria
- in the school system an evaluation unit of the upper level in Germany, see Gymnasiale Oberstufe
- in percentages
- Percentage point , difference between two percentages
- Basis point, hundredth part of a percentage point for interest rates
- in sports
- a small, more or less circular, mostly monochrome component of an image, in particular
- a pixel, see pixel
- a quality feature of imaging procedures, see point density #point
- a certain symbol as part of fonts, including
- Period (punctuation marks) and center (characters) , characters used in many writing systems
- the German thousand separator, see number grouping
- Period (upper sign) , a diacritical mark
- Period (undersign) , a diacritical mark
- Nikud , a character in the Arabic and Hebrew script
- in music a sign of notation, see punctuation (music)
- Point (unit) , a unit of length
- Point (heraldry) , in the coat of arms the place in the middle below
- Album by the Canadian Pierre Lapointe
such as:
- The point , in Austria the brand name of the recycling, see Grüner Punkt
- Punkt (Journalist Prize) , a prize for technical journalism from the German Academy for Technical Sciences (acatech)
See also:
- Points rule in sports competitions
Wiktionary: period - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
