a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts distributor points and current flows to the spark plugs;
sharp end; "he stuck the point of the knife into a tree"; "he broke the point of his pencil";
a wall socket;
the gun muzzle''s direction; "he held me up at the point of a gun";
an outstanding characteristic; "his acting was one of the high points of the movie";
a distinguishing or individuating characteristic; "he knows my bad points as well as my good points";
the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp point;
an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole; "several of the details are similar"; "a point of information";
a geometric element that has position but no extension; "a point is defined by its coordinates";
the object of an activity; "what is the point of discussing it?";
a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list; "he noticed an item in the New York Times"; "she had several items on her shopping list"; "the main point on the agenda was taken up first";
a brief version of the essential meaning of something; "get to the point"; "he missed the point of the joke"; "life has lost its point";
a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer; "the point of the arrow was due north";
a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations; "in England they call a period a stop";
the precise location of something; a spatially limited location; "she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street";
a promontory extending out into a large body of water; "they sailed south around the point";
the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest; "he scored 20 points in the first half"; "a touchdown counts 6 points";
a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch;
a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect;
any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass; "he checked the point on his compass";
a V shape; "the cannibal''s teeth were filed to sharp points";
a very small circular shape; "a row of points"; "draw lines between the dots";
a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?";
an instant of time; "at that point I had to leave";
repair the joints of bricks; "point a chimney";
give a point to; "The candles are tapered";
be a signal for or a symptom of; "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued";
indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively; "I showed the customer the glove section"; "He pointed to the empty parking space"; "he indicated his opponents";
intend (something) to move towards a certain goal; "He aimed his fists towards his opponent''s face"; "criticism directed at her superior"; "direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself";
direct into a position for use; "point a gun"; "He charged his weapon at me";
be positionable in a specified manner; "The gun points with ease";
mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes;
mark with diacritics; "point the letter";
mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics;
sail close to the wind;
direct the course; determine the direction of travelling;
