Points

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  • n. Plural form of point.
  • n. Movable rails which can be used to switch a train from one railway track to another.
  • n. The two metal surfaces in a distributor which close or open to allow current to flow or not through the ignition coil. Each surface is called a point singular (there's usually a moving point which is pushed by the distributor cam and a fixed point which isn't), but they're made together in a unit and serviced or replaced that way and are hence normally called points plural.
  • v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of point.
  • Word Usage
    "Just to give one example: he accepts something like a coloured picture, with all the different colour points, traveling in parallel up the optic nerve and has to concern himself with how many colour ˜points™ could travel in parallel in a single nerve (Czolbe 1855: 33)."
    Equivalent
    Verb Form
    pointed    pointing    points   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    linear unit    linear measure    saucer    disk    disc    loan    taper    direct    aim    take   
    Cross Reference
    dot    place    degree    particular    feature    effectiveness    moment    lace    tip    spanish point   
    Variant
    pointer    escutcheon    reef    type    vaccine point    Braille   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    appoint    prick    moment    instant    step    stage    characteristic    peculiarity    item    detail   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    anoint    appoint    datapoint    disappoint    disjoint    joint    pointe    reappoint   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    line    position    level    Time    end    matter    victory    ice-free    one-finger    conduct