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Novel by Seichō Matsumoto
Points and Lines (Japanese: 点と線, Hepburn: Ten to Sen), is a novel by Seichō Matsumoto, published in 1958. It was initially serialized, and first translated
Points_and_Lines
Vertices connected in pairs by edges
vertices (also called nodes or points); E, a set of edges (also called directed edges, directed links, directed lines, arrows, or arcs), which are ordered
Graph_(discrete_mathematics)
Abstract mathematical system of two types of objects and a relation between them
objects and a single relationship between these types of objects. Consider the points and lines of the Euclidean plane as the two types of objects and ignore
Incidence_structure
Geometry with 7 points and 7 lines
possible number of points and lines: 7 points and 7 lines, with 3 points on every line and 3 lines through every point. These points and lines cannot exist
Fano_plane
Existence of a line through two points
which the inflection points of a cubic curve in the complex projective plane form a configuration of nine points and twelve lines (the Hesse configuration)
Sylvester–Gallai_theorem
Compact non-orientable two-dimensional manifold
objects in the projective plane are points and straight lines, and as in Euclidean geometry, every pair of points determines a unique line passing through
Real_projective_plane
Four-sided polygon
and ML intersect at point P that is located on the side AB; the straight lines NL and KM intersect at point Q that is located on the side CD. Points P
Quadrilateral
Geometric concept of a 2D space with "points at infinity" adjoined
thirteen points and thirteen lines. We label the points P1, ..., P13 and the lines m1, ..., m13. The incidence relation (which points are on which lines) can
Projective_plane
Card game
card, 7 cards and 7 symbols. In general, a finite projective plane of order n-1 has n points on each line, and n2-n+1 points and lines. The game of Dobble
Dobble
Graph representing incident points and lines
collection of points and lines in an incidence geometry or a projective configuration, we form a graph with one vertex per point, one vertex per line, and an edge
Levi_graph
Points and lines with equal incidences
consists of a finite set of points, and a finite arrangement of lines, such that each point is incident to the same number of lines and each line is incident
Configuration_(geometry)
Japanese detective fiction writer (1909–1992)
best-selling and highest earning author in the 1960s. His most acclaimed detective novels, including Ten to sen (1958; Points and Lines, 1970); Suna no
Seichō_Matsumoto
Type of geometry
configurations of points and lines. That there is indeed some geometric interest in this sparse setting was first established by Desargues and others in their
Projective_geometry
Axiomatically defined geometrical space
plane is a system of points and lines that satisfy the following axioms: Any two distinct points lie on a unique line. Given any line and any point not on
Affine plane (incidence geometry)
Affine_plane_(incidence_geometry)
Geometric configuration of ten points and lines
Desargues configuration is a configuration of ten points and ten lines, with three points per line and three lines per point. It is named after Girard Desargues
Desargues_configuration
Structure in combinatorial mathematics
rather than two points determining one line (and two lines determining one point), two points determine two lines (respectively, points). A biplane of
Block_design
Concept in projective geometry
formalization of the striking symmetry of the roles played by points and lines in the definitions and theorems of projective planes. There are two approaches
Duality_(projective_geometry)
Topics referred to by the same term
primary configuration file for DOS and OS/2 operating systems Configuration (geometry), a finite set of points and lines with certain properties Configuration
Configuration
Geometric figure made of 4 points connected by 6 lines
on a common line, and of the six lines connecting the six pairs of points. Dually, a complete quadrilateral is a system of four lines, no three of which
Complete_quadrangle
Geometric structure of 8 points and 8 lines
of eight points and eight lines, with three points on each line and three lines through each point. It is not possible to draw points and lines having this
Möbius–Kantor_configuration
Curve along which a 3-D surface is at equal elevation
individual isolines and their portrayal of slope, pits and peaks. The idea of lines that join points of equal value was rediscovered several times. The oldest
Contour_line
Generalised concept of incidence structure of polygons
generalized 2-gon (or a digon) is an incidence structure with at least 2 points and 2 lines where each point is incident to each line. For n ≥ 3 {\displaystyle
Generalized_polygon
Method of drawing geometric objects
constructions using the points, lines and circles that have already been constructed. These are: Creating a line through two points Creating a circle that
Straightedge and compass construction
Straightedge_and_compass_construction
Type of incidence structure
a set of elements called points, and a set of elements called lines. Each line is a distinct subset of the points. The points in a line are said to be
Linear_space_(geometry)
symmetric configuration consisting of 21 points and 21 lines, with four points on each line and four lines through each point. Originally studied by
Grünbaum–Rigby_configuration
Concept in geometry
parallel lines of the plane. Adjoining these points produces a projective plane, in which no point can be distinguished, if we "forget" which points were
Point_at_infinity
Irrational system of points and lines
In geometry, the Perles configuration is a system of nine points and nine lines in the Euclidean plane for which every combinatorially equivalent realization
Perles_configuration
Flat surface
non-collinear points (points not on a single line). A line and a point not on that line. Two distinct but intersecting lines. Two distinct but parallel lines. The
Euclidean planes in three-dimensional space
Euclidean_planes_in_three-dimensional_space
Mathematical model of the physical space
from axioms describing basic properties of geometric objects such as points and lines, to propositions about those objects. This is in contrast to analytic
Euclidean_geometry
Polarization pattern of the daytime sky
direction and the observed pointing at the zenith. Thus, the spherical triangle is defined not only by the three points located at the Sun, zenith, and observed
Rayleigh_sky_model
Algorithmic problem on point-line incidence
for a given system of points and lines in the Euclidean plane, whether at least one of the points lies on at least one of the lines. More generally, one
Hopcroft's_problem
Graph divided into two independent sets
points and lines in a configuration. Corresponding to the geometric property of points and lines that every two lines meet in at most one point and every
Bipartite_graph
Geometric system with a finite number of points
true if we exchange points for lines and lines for points. The smallest geometry satisfying all three axioms contains seven points. In this simplest of
Finite_geometry
Property of points all lying on a single line
geometry offers an interpretation of how the points, lines and other object types relate to one another and a notion such as collinearity must be interpreted
Collinearity
Concept in mathematics
calculate a conic section's axis, vertices, tangents and the pole and polar relationship between points and lines of the plane determined by the conic. The technique
Matrix representation of conic sections
Matrix_representation_of_conic_sections
Line which touches a circle at exactly one point
comparison, secant lines intersect a circle at two points, whereas another line may not intersect a circle at all. This property of tangent lines is preserved
Tangent_lines_to_circles
Set of points equidistant from a center
revolution and helicoids are the only surfaces with a one-parameter family. The basic elements of Euclidean plane geometry are points and lines. On the sphere
Sphere
Non-orientable surface with one edge
surfaces of constant curvature. Certain highly symmetric spaces whose points represent lines in the plane have the shape of a Möbius strip. The many applications
Möbius_strip
Geometry problem about finding touching circles
they intersect at zero or two points, they are not tangent. The same holds true for a line and a circle. Two distinct lines cannot be tangent in the plane
Problem_of_Apollonius
Geometry founded on spheres
Lie sphere geometry is that lines (or planes) should be regarded as circles (or spheres) of infinite radius and that points in the plane (or space) should
Lie_sphere_geometry
Geometric graph with unit edge lengths
distance graph is a graph formed from a collection of points in the Euclidean plane by connecting two points whenever the distance between them is exactly one
Unit_distance_graph
Subdivision of the plane by lines
cells of the arrangement, line segments and rays, the edges of the arrangement, and points where two or more lines cross, the vertices of the arrangement
Arrangement_of_lines
Coordinate system used in projective geometry
homogeneous coordinates of points and lines. So plane geometry with points as the fundamental elements and plane geometry with lines as the fundamental elements
Homogeneous_coordinates
Common point(s) shared by two lines in Euclidean geometry
skew lines. Satisfaction of this condition is equivalent to the tetrahedron with vertices at two of the points on one line and two of the points on the
Line–line_intersection
Mathematical concept
point, whereas without points at infinity, there are no intersection points for parallel lines. So, parallel and non-parallel lines must be studied separately
Infinity
Field of mathematics which studies incidence structures
deals with finite sets of points in the Euclidean plane and what can be said about the number and types of (straight) lines they determine. Some results
Incidence_geometry
Smallest 3D projective space
has 15 points, 35 lines, and 15 planes. Each point is contained in 7 lines and 7 planes. Each line is contained in 3 planes and contains 3 points. Each
PG(3,2)
Isomorphism of projective spaces in geometry
which the projective spaces derive. It is a bijection that maps lines to lines, and thus a collineation. In general, some collineations are not homographies
Homography
Euclidean geometry without distance and angles
transformations, which are mappings that preserve alignment of points and parallelism of lines. Affine geometry can be developed in two ways that are essentially
Affine_geometry
Inscribed circle of a triangle's medial triangle
associated lines, the incenter for the Nagel line relates to the circumcenter for the Euler line. Another analogous pair of points is the Nagel point and the
Spieker_circle
coordinates) Extreme points are portions of a region which are further north, south, east, or west than any other. This is a list of extreme points in U.S. states
List of extreme points of U.S. states and territories
List_of_extreme_points_of_U.S._states_and_territories
Collection of mathematical objects
called elements or members of the set and are typically mathematical objects: numbers, symbols, points in space, lines, other geometric shapes, variables
Set_(mathematics)
Geometric configuration of 12 points and 6 lines
configuration of 12 points and 16 lines. Each point of the configuration belongs to four lines, and each line contains three points. Therefore, in the
Reye_configuration
Geometric configuration of 9 points and 9 lines
configuration is a configuration of nine points and nine lines in the Euclidean plane, with three points per line and three lines through each point. This configuration
Pappus_configuration
GIS analysis operation on vector data
dimension: Points - {Points, Lines, Polygons} = Points, Lines - {Lines, Polygons} = Lines Clip: While the primary input can be points or lines, the clipping
Vector_overlay
Lines not in the same plane
exist only in three or more dimensions. Two lines are skew if and only if they are not coplanar. If four points are chosen at random uniformly within a unit
Skew_lines
Plane curve: conic section
B(V)} of lines at two points U , V {\displaystyle U,V} (all lines containing U {\displaystyle U} and V {\displaystyle V} , respectively) and a projective
Hyperbola
Straight alignments between historic structures and landmarks
straight lines, using "mark points" along the landscape to guide them. He put forward his idea of ley lines in the 1922 book Early British Trackways and then
Ley_line
Unique point and line of a conic section
{\displaystyle l} . If two tangent lines can be drawn from a pole to the conic section, then its polar passes through both tangent points. If a point lies on the
Pole_and_polar
Method for specifying point positions
An example of this is the systems of homogeneous coordinates for points and lines in the projective plane. The two systems in a case like this are said
Coordinate_system
1918 U.S. peace proposals after World War I
The Fourteen Points was a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I. The principles were
Fourteen_Points
2005 book reformulating plane geometry
coordinates of points that determine a line segment or a pair of crossing lines. Defined in this way, they are rational functions of those coordinates, and can be
Divine Proportions: Rational Trigonometry to Universal Geometry
Divine_Proportions:_Rational_Trigonometry_to_Universal_Geometry
Rounding of an interior or exterior corner
on points and lines of expected high stress. The fillets distribute the stress over a broader area and effectively make the parts more durable and capable
Fillet_(mechanics)
Also included are extreme points in elevation, extreme distances and other points of peculiar geographic interest. Map this section's coordinates using
List of extreme points of the United States
List_of_extreme_points_of_the_United_States
Geometric property of objects being in the same plane
set of points in space are coplanar if there exists a geometric plane that contains them all. For example, three points are always coplanar, and if the
Coplanarity
Plane curve
of lines at two points U , V {\displaystyle U,\,V} (all lines containing U {\displaystyle U} and V {\displaystyle V} , respectively) and a projective but
Ellipse
configuration is a configuration of 15 lines and 15 points, having 3 points on each line and 3 lines through each point, and containing no (non-degenerate) triangles
Cremona–Richmond configuration
Cremona–Richmond_configuration
Plane curve: conic section
B(V)} of lines at two points U , V {\displaystyle U,V} (all lines containing U {\displaystyle U} and V {\displaystyle V} respectively) and a projective
Parabola
Geometric configuration of 9 points and 12 lines
Hesse configuration is a configuration of 9 points and 12 lines with three points per line and four lines through each point. It can be denoted as (94
Hesse_configuration
Yugoslav American mathematician (1929-2018)
(1987), Tilings and Patterns, New York: W. H. Freeman, ISBN 0-7167-1193-1. Grünbaum, Branko (2009), Configurations of Points and Lines, Graduate Studies
Branko_Grünbaum
often interpreted as representing oriented lines on the plane. The Laguerre transformations map lines to lines, and include in particular all isometries of
Laguerre_transformations
Railway points used as safety devices
points are used to derail vehicles which are out of control (known as runaways) on steep slopes. Trap points are used to protect main railway lines from
Catch_points
Gives a lower bound on the number of lines determined by n points in a projective plane
by Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn and Paul Erdős in 1948, states a lower bound on the number of lines determined by n points in a projective plane. By duality
De Bruijn–Erdős theorem (incidence geometry)
De_Bruijn–Erdős_theorem_(incidence_geometry)
Completion of the usual space with "points at infinity"
an affine space with points at infinity, in such a way that there is one point at infinity of each direction of parallel lines. This definition of a
Projective_space
Special points within a triangle
triangles of the first and second Brocard points are congruent to each other and similar to the original triangle. If the lines AP, BP, CP, each through
Brocard_points
Straight figure with zero width and depth
it to other lines and points. For example, for any two distinct points, there is a unique line containing them, and any two distinct lines intersect at
Line_(geometry)
System of dividing land in the United States
mark exact locations of surveyed points and lines. They are the legally binding markers used for setting property lines and as such are the culminating work
Public_Land_Survey_System
Curve from a cone intersecting a plane
Euclidean plane and the absolute points are two special points on that line called the circular points at infinity. Lines containing two points with real coordinates
Conic_section
Support points minimising bending of beams
standards invariably extend beyond the lines marked on them, the optimal support points depend on both the overall length and the length to be measured. The latter
Airy_points
French mathematician and logician
every theorem in the plane connecting points and lines corresponds to another theorem in which points and lines are interchanged, provided that the theorem
Joseph_Diez_Gergonne
Mathematical set with some added structure
set of points and the set of lines. Moreover, a striking feature of projective planes is the symmetry of the roles played by points and lines. A less
Space_(mathematics)
Problem in coordinate geometry
The distance between two parallel lines in the plane is the minimum distance between any two points. Because the lines are parallel, the perpendicular distance
Distance between two parallel lines
Distance_between_two_parallel_lines
Theorem in Euclidean geometry
possible to draw straight lines without a straightedge. However, a line is considered to be determined if two distinct points on that line are given or
Mohr–Mascheroni_theorem
Rules related to the mathematical principles of origami
both of them. Given two distinct points p1 and p2, there is a unique fold that places p1 onto p2. Given two lines l1 and l2, there is a fold that places
Huzita–Hatori_axioms
Relation used in geometry
between the two lines can be found by locating two points (one on each line) that lie on a common perpendicular to the parallel lines and calculating the
Parallel_(geometry)
Airline of the United States
Delta Air Lines, Inc. is a major airline in the United States headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, operating nine hubs, with Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta
Delta_Air_Lines
Concept in geometry
It is possible to define and study a slightly bigger class of objects using only the relationship between points and lines: a polar space is a partial
Polar_space
Triangle centers
to the opposite triangle point, and finding the point where these three lines meet. The outer and inner Vecten points differ according to whether the
Vecten_points
Method of constructing an image from multiple viewpoints
relates the coordinates of corresponding points or lines in three views, being independent of the scene structure and depending only on the relative motion
Trifocal_tensor
Bound on the number of incidences between points and lines in the plane
result in the field of Discrete geometry. It asserts that given n points and m lines in the Euclidean plane, the number of incidences (i.e., the number
Szemerédi–Trotter_theorem
Point pair associated with plane triangles
}{6}})} Two points closely related to the Napoleon points are the Fermat-Torricelli points (ETC's X(13) and X(14)). If instead of constructing lines joining
Napoleon_points
Phenomenon in statistics
contrary to intuition, the number of k-point lines expected from random chance in a plane covered with points at a given density, for a given line width
Alignments_of_random_points
Study of geometries as axiomatic systems
ideas. Typically they include objects and relationships. In geometry, the objects are things like points, lines and planes while a fundamental relationship
Foundations_of_geometry
Area of discrete mathematics
made up of vertices (also called nodes or points) which are connected by edges (also called arcs, links, or lines). A distinction is made between undirected
Graph_theory
Concept in incidence geometry
L,I} ), where P {\displaystyle P} is the set of points, L {\displaystyle L} is the set of lines and I ⊆ P × L {\displaystyle I\subseteq P\times L} is
Near_polygon
Points with no line through exactly two points
configurations as subsets of the points of a projective space, they may be defined as abstract incidence structures of points and lines, satisfying the properties
Sylvester–Gallai configuration
Sylvester–Gallai_configuration
Topics referred to by the same term
(flights), regular Soviet (and later Russian) military flights around Japan Tokyo Express, also known as Points and Lines, a murder mystery novel by Seichō
Tokyo Express (disambiguation)
Tokyo_Express_(disambiguation)
4, 3, 2 and 1 points, based on their ten favourite songs from other countries. One set of rankings is provided by a professional jury, and the other
Voting at the Eurovision Song Contest
Voting_at_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest
Study of graphs defined by geometric means
segments in the plane. A Levi graph of a family of points and lines has a vertex for each of these objects and an edge for every incident point-line pair. The
Geometric_graph_theory
Concept in projective geometry
about points and lines, one could deal with n-dimensional subspaces and m-dimensional subspaces, or even more generally, objects of type 1 and objects
Blocking_set
POINTS AND-LINES
POINTS AND-LINES
Surname or Lastname
English, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic)
English, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : metonymic occupational name for a maker of hoops and bands, etc., from Middle English band, bond, Middle High German, Middle Low German bant, German Band denoting something used for tying or binding: ‘hoop’, ‘metal band’, ‘fetter’, ‘shackle’.Old spelling of the Dutch cognates Bant, Bande, from Middle Dutch bant ‘band’.
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic)
English, Scottish, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : topographic name for someone who lived on patch of sandy soil, from the vocabulary word sand. As a Swedish or Jewish name it was often purely ornamental.Dutch and Belgian : reduced form of Van den Sand(e), Van den Zande, a habitational name from places such as Zande in West Flanders or various minor places named with zand ‘sand’.English and Scottish : from a short form of Alexander.French : from a Germanic personal name, Sando.
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
King Henry IV, Part 1 and 2' Edward Poins, an irregular humorist.
Female
Serbian
(Bulgarian and Serbian Ðна): Bulgarian and Serbian form of Greek Hanna, ANA means "favor; grace."
Male
English
Unisex pet form of English Andrew and Andrea, ANDY means "man; warrior."
Girl/Female
Australian, Dutch
Loving and Musical
Boy/Male
Hindu
Point or full stop, Rocky
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : from the medieval personal name Ponc(h)e, Pons (see Ponce).English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from Ponts in La Manche and Seine-Maritime, Normandy, from Latin pontes ‘bridges’ (see Pont).English (of Norman origin) : nickname for a fop or dandy, from points ‘laces for hose’ (see Pointer 1).
Surname or Lastname
English and German
English and German : nickname for someone with a deformed hand or who had lost one hand, from Middle English hand, Middle High German hant, found in such appellations as Liebhard mit der Hand (Augsburg 1383).Jewish (Ashkenazic) : nickname from German Hand ‘hand’ (see 1).Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Flaithimh (see Guthrie), resulting from an erroneous association of the Gaelic name with the Gaelic word lámh ‘hand’. It is used as an English equivalent for several other names of Gaelic origin too, e.g. Claffey, Glavin, and McClave.Dutch : from a variant of hont ‘dog’, ‘hound’, either a derogatory nickname, or a habitational name for someone living at a house distinguished by the sign of a dog.
Female
Finnish
Estonian and Finnish pet form of Greek Hanna, ANU means "favor; grace."
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, French, and Catalan
English, Scottish, French, and Catalan : topographic name for
someone who lived near a bridge, Middle English, Old French, Catalan
pont (Latin pons, genitive pontis).Catalan : habitational name from any of the numerous places named
with Pont.Dutch : variant of
Pond 2.A Pont from the Lorraine region of France is documented in Quebec City in
1640; Pont appears to be a secondary surname to
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : patronymic from Pott 1, particularly common in northeastern England.
Male
Greek
(Πόντος) Greek name PONTOS means "sea." In mythology, this is the name of a god of the sea, the father of Nêreus, Phorkys, and other sea-gods.
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : probably an altered form of French Pons, a habitational name from places so named in Bourgogne and Franche-Comté.
Surname or Lastname
Portuguese, Galician, Italian, and Jewish (Sephardic)
Portuguese, Galician, Italian, and Jewish (Sephardic) : habitational name from any of the many places in Portugal, Galicia, and Italy named or named with Ponte, from ponte ‘bridge’.English : variant spelling of Pont.
Male
Scandinavian
 Scandinavian form of Greek Pontios, PONTUS means "of the sea; seaman." Compare with another form of Pontus.
Surname or Lastname
English and German
English and German : topographic name from Old English land, Middle High German lant, ‘land’, ‘territory’. This had more specialized senses in the Middle Ages, being used to denote the countryside as opposed to a town or an estate.English : topographic name for someone who lived in a forest glade, Middle English, Old French la(u)nde, or a habitational name from Launde in Leicestershire or Laund in West Yorkshire, which are named with this word.Norwegian : habitational name from any of three farmsteads so named, from Old Norse land ‘land’, ‘territory’ (see 1 above).
Female
Norwegian
Danish and Norwegian form of Greek Hanna, ANE means "favor; grace."
Surname or Lastname
English (Midlands)
English (Midlands) : habitational name from Pointon in Lincolnshire, Poynton in Cheshire, or Poynton Green in Shropshire. The first is named from Old English Pohhingtūn ‘settlement (Old English tūn) associated with Pohha’, a byname apparently meaning ‘bag’; the others have as the first element the Old English personal names Pofa and Pēofa respectively.
Surname or Lastname
English (Norfolk)
English (Norfolk) : occupational name from Middle English pointer ‘point maker’, an agent derivative of point, a term denoting a lace or cord used to fasten together doublet and hose (Old French pointe ‘point’, ‘sharp end’). Reaney suggests that in some cases Pointer may have been an occupational name for a tiler or slater whose job was to point the tiles, i.e. render them with mortar where they overlapped.Possibly an altered form of German Pointner, a variant of Bainter.
POINTS AND-LINES
POINTS AND-LINES
Girl/Female
Christian, Hindu, Indian, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Sikh
Bright Eyes
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for someone who embroidered fine clothes with gold thread, from Middle English thred(en) ‘to thread’ (from Old English þrǣd ‘thread’) + gold ‘gold’.
Boy/Male
Indian
Men with all blessings of Allah
Boy/Male
German Spanish
Adventuresome.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Sirthik | ஸீரà¯à®¤à®¿à®•
Lord Shiva
Boy/Male
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Jain, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, Traditional
Lord Shiva; God of the Land of Brij
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Holloway.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Boy/Male
Indian
Gold
Boy/Male
German, Hindu, Indian, Marathi, Muslim
Invincible
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POINTS AND-LINES
n.
A movement executed with the saber or foil; as, tierce point.
n.
A fixed conventional place for reference, or zero of reckoning, in the heavens, usually the intersection of two or more great circles of the sphere, and named specifically in each case according to the position intended; as, the equinoctial points; the solstitial points; the nodal points; vertical points, etc. See Equinoctial Nodal.
v. t.
To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate.
n.
One of the points of the compass (see Points of the compass, below); also, the difference between two points of the compass; as, to fall off a point.
n.
An instrument which pricks or pierces, as a sort of needle used by engravers, etchers, lace workers, and others; also, a pointed cutting tool, as a stone cutter's point; -- called also pointer.
v. i.
To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do; as, the stones joint, neatly.
v. i.
To direct the point of something, as of a finger, for the purpose of designating an object, and attracting attention to it; -- with at.
n.
Lace wrought the needle; as, point de Venise; Brussels point. See Point lace, below.
v. t.
To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together; as, to joint boards.
a.
Pointed; ending in a point or points.
v. t.
To separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat.
n.
The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game; as, the dog came to a point. See Pointer.
n.
To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end; as, to point a dart, or a pencil. Used also figuratively; as, to point a moral.
a.
Sharp; having a sharp point; as, a pointed rock.
n.
To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface.
n.
The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point."
imp. & p. p.
of Point
n.
To mark (as Hebrew) with vowel points.
n.
An item of private information; a hint; a tip; a pointer.
n.
One who, or that which, points.