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Target Two Point Zero was an interest rate challenge for students in the UK set by the Bank of England and The Times. Students aged 16 to 18 were asked
Target_Two_Point_Zero
Rate of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions
net zero standards require reducing emissions to more than 90% and then only offsetting the remaining 10% or less to fall in line with 1.5 °C targets. Organizations
Net-zero_emissions
Distance at which a firearm or projectile can be fired directly at its target and hit
of shooting targets. However, since none of the early sources mention a white center target, blanc may refer to empty space or zero point of elevation
Point-blank_range
Public school in Cambridge, England
the National Cipher Challenge First place in the Bank of England Target Two Point Zero interest rate challenge Invitation to the British Physics Olympiad
The_Perse_School
Grammar school, academy in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England
and Mock Bar court trials, Young Enterprise and Bank of England Target Two Point Zero Challenge. The KES Esports team, called the Scorpions and formed
King Edward VI School, Stratford-upon-Avon
King_Edward_VI_School,_Stratford-upon-Avon
Origin point beneath an air explosion
A hypocenter or hypocentre, also called ground zero or surface zero, is the point on the Earth's surface directly below a nuclear explosion, meteor air
Hypocenter
1946 nuclear weapon tests at Bikini Atoll
nuclear weapons during World War II. A fleet of 95 target ships was assembled in Bikini Lagoon and hit with two detonations of Fat Man plutonium implosion-type
Operation_Crossroads
pH at which a molecule carries no net electric charge
surface charge. The difference between the two, therefore, is the quantity of charged sites at the point of net zero charge. Jolivet uses the intrinsic surface
Isoelectric_point
Process in marketing
objective is to identify profitable and growing segments that a company can target with tailored marketing strategies. When segmenting markets, researchers
Market_segmentation
Characteristic of an optical system
center of the spoke target is relatively sharp. Since the optical transfer function (OTF) is defined as the Fourier transform of the point-spread function
Optical_transfer_function
Floating-point number format used in computer processors
follows: The bfloat16 binary floating-point exponent is encoded using an offset-binary representation, with the zero offset being 127; also known as exponent
Bfloat16 floating-point format
Bfloat16_floating-point_format
American parapsychologist (born 1936)
for his work in laser physics, remote viewing research, and theories on zero-point energy. Puthoff was born in Chicago, Illinois. He received a BA and an
Harold_E._Puthoff
Denormalized floating-point numbers near zero
called denormals) that fill the underflow gap around zero in floating-point arithmetic. Any non-zero number with magnitude smaller than the smallest positive
Subnormal_number
IEEE standard for floating-point arithmetic
formats: sets of binary and decimal floating-point data, which consist of finite numbers (including signed zeros and subnormal numbers), infinities, and special
IEEE_754
Upcoming video game
Phantom Blade Zero is an upcoming wuxia action role-playing game developed and published by the Chinese studio S-Game. The player assumes the role of
Phantom_Blade_Zero
Overview article
dealer retains the crib. Null-point penalty: When a player scores zero points during the "show", their opponent scores one point. This applies to both players'
Rules_of_cribbage
Preparatory firearm calibration
origin point (i.e. coordinate [0,0]), the designated sighting-in point is known as a zero, and the act of sighting-in is therefore also called zeroing. A
Sighting_in
Type of function in mathematics
example, on a connected domain, an analytic function whose zeros have an accumulation point must vanish identically. Standard examples include polynomials
Analytic_function
Fictional United States Marine
during and after the Vietnam War, starting with Point of Impact (1993) up to the most recent Targeted (2022). Swagger is the protagonist of the 2007 film
Bob_Lee_Swagger
Laser device used to assist the aiming of a firearm
aim at the target, laser sights project a beam onto the target, providing a visual reference point. Although lasers in the visible part of the spectrum are
Laser_sight
Multinational road traffic safety project
Vision Zero." Its Road Safety Strategy 2016-2020 moves "towards zero fatal and major-injury collisions" but does not include a target of zero deaths or
Vision_Zero
Radar signal processing technique
Moving target indication (MTI) is a mode of operation of a radar to discriminate a target against the clutter. It describes a variety of techniques used
Moving_target_indication
Former office headquarters address of MQM London
(2015). "Karachi Operation - Target Acquired". The Express Tribune (Tribune Labs). Retrieved 27 July 2021. "'Nine Zero' Raid in Karachi: Operation MQM
Nine_Zero
Lawn game using large darts
if Team A lands two darts in the target area and Team B lands one, Team A would get one point and Team B would get zero. Some versions of lawn darts include
Lawn_darts
Diet soda cola soft drink
Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, also known as Coca-Cola No Sugar, commonly known as Coke Zero, is a diet soda produced by the Coca-Cola Company. The drink was introduced
Coca-Cola_Zero_Sugar
Windows icon file format
width − target width| × (2 if entry is narrower than target, else 1) heightScore = |entry height − target height| × (2 if entry is shorter than target, else
ICO_(file_format)
British darts game show from 2015
points and must count down to zero. The host asks a toss-up question open to all; a correct answer lights the 30-point target and gives that team a chance
One_Hundred_and_Eighty
South Korean boy band
겨울 컴백 예고..."11월 목표로 준비 중" [[Exclusive] Zero Base One, winter comeback preview... "Preparing for November target"] (in Korean). Ilgan Sports. Archived from
Zerobaseone
American mass murderers (1981–1999)
characterized them as unpopular and frequent targets of bullying; however, many peers later stated that the two were not near the bottom of the school's social
Eric_Harris_and_Dylan_Klebold
1986 book by William Gibson
Count Zero is a science fiction novel by American-Canadian writer William Gibson, originally published in 1986. It presents a near future whose technologies
Count_Zero
Japanese carrier-based fighter aircraft
The Mitsubishi A6M "Zero" is a long-range carrier-capable fighter aircraft that was manufactured by Mitsubishi Aircraft Company, which was part of Mitsubishi
Mitsubishi_A6M_Zero
Control loop feedback mechanism
the desired target value (setpoint or SP) with the actual value of the system (process variable or PV). The difference between these two values is called
PID_controller
Indian target drone system
training. The drone is ground- or ship-launched from a zero length launcher. Recovery is by a two-stage parachute system developed by ADE (DRDO), for land-
DRDO_Lakshya
The light novel Re:Zero and its derivative anime and manga adaptations feature a cast of characters created by Tappei Nagatsuki and designed by Shinichirou
List_of_Re:Zero_characters
Instruction set extension by Intel
opmask based on the result values being zero or non-zero. Note that like the comparison instructions, these take two opmask registers, one as destination
AVX-512
Graduated rod used to measure differences between heights
zero mark at mid-height and the graduations increase in both directions away from the mid-height. In use, the rod is adjusted so that the zero point is
Level_staff
Aiming device
a known target size at a known distance and will not hold zero without user adjustment if these factors are varied. From the shooter's point of view,
Iron_sights
Electronic device
voltage source for each of the three channels allows the operator to set a zero point. In a radar display, the output signal from the radar receiver is fed
Radar_display
V W Y Z See also References External links 0–0 See Zero–Zero 0–0–2 or 0–0–start See Zero–Zero–Two. 20 by 44 A pickleball court. Pickleball courts measure
Glossary_of_pickleball
Baseball stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota
"Target Field concerts a hit. Who's next at home plate?". Pioneer Press. "2022 Winter Classic: Blues top Wild in high-scoring matchup in sub-zero temperatures
Target_Field
Gas equation of state which accounts for non-ideal gas behavior
critical point can be analytically determined by equating the two partial derivatives of the vdW equation, created by differentiating Eq (1a), to zero. This
Van_der_Waals_equation
Behavior of projectiles in flight
have a sufficiently flat point-blank range trajectory for that particular target. Also known as "battle zero", maximum point-blank range is also of importance
External_ballistics
2022 novel by Don Bentley
Zero Hour (stylized as Tom Clancy Zero Hour or Tom Clancy: Zero Hour) is a techno-thriller novel, written by Don Bentley and released on June 7, 2022
Zero_Hour_(Bentley_novel)
Radio wave detection and transmission system defined by its separation
but if the angle subtended between transmitter, target and receiver (the bistatic angle) is close to zero, then they would still be regarded as monostatic
Bistatic_radar
Web platform part of Microsoft 365
SharePoint each year, with around two billion files uploaded and two million sites created daily. The most common uses of SharePoint include: SharePoint allows
SharePoint
Card game
an 8 played as point card, and is known as the "glasses 8". The Jack targets a point card, and is kept physically on top of that point card and any other
Cuttle
Principle and applications of MINFLUX microscopy
fluxes emitted by the active molecule when it is located close to the zero-intensity point of the excitation beam carry information about its distance to the
Minflux
Physical quantity of hot and cold
International System of Units (SI). Absolute zero, i.e., zero kelvin, 0 K = −273.15 °C, or -459.67 °F, is the lowest point in the thermodynamic temperature scale
Temperature
2026 video game
decision to again remake Star Fox 64 after Star Fox 64 3D (2011) and Star Fox Zero (2016). Star Fox was released on June 25, 2026. It received positive reviews
Star_Fox_(2026_video_game)
Mathematical models of strategic interactions
mixed-strategy equilibria in two-person zero-sum games and its proof by John von Neumann. Von Neumann's original proof used the Brouwer fixed-point theorem on continuous
Game_theory
Typographic character indicating a question (?)
The question mark ? (also known as interrogation point, query, or eroteme in journalism) is a punctuation mark that indicates a question or interrogative
Question_mark
Class of motor vehicle
A zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) is a vehicle that does not emit exhaust gas or other pollutants from the onboard source of power. The California definition
Zero-emissions_vehicle
American novelist, essayist, and Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic
Dead Zero (2010) Soft Target (2011) Stand-alones: The Master Sniper (1980) The Second Saladin (1982) Target (1985), novelization of film Target The Spanish
Stephen_Hunter
financial crisis in full swing, the FOMC had lowered the target for the federal funds rate to nearly zero, thereby entering the unfamiliar territory of having
History of Federal Open Market Committee actions
History_of_Federal_Open_Market_Committee_actions
Local computer bus for attaching hardware devices
within the cache line is zero, all of these modes reduce to the same order. Cache line toggle and cache line wrap modes are two forms of critical-word-first
Peripheral Component Interconnect
Peripheral_Component_Interconnect
Predictive model of human movement
derived. For simply pointing to targets in a two-dimensional space, the model generally holds as-is but requires adjustments to capture target geometry and quantify
Fitts's_law
Weapons firing without line of sight on target
projectile without relying on a direct line of sight between the gun and its target, in contrast to the case of direct fire. Aiming of indirect fire is instead
Indirect_fire
Multifunction weapon mounted IR laser aiming module
The Advanced Target Pointer Illuminator Aiming Laser (ATPIAL AN/PEQ-15), known colloquially as the "PEQ-15" [/pɛk//fɪftiːn/], produced by L3Harris (originally
AN/PEQ-15
Lemon-lime-flavored soft drink
contains no caffeine, and as of April 2023, is available in Regular and Zero-Sugar varieties. In July 2022, food blogger SodaSeekers reported that PepsiCo
Starry_(drink)
Measure of positive and negative charges
treated as a point-like object, i.e. a point particle. Point particles with electric charge are referred to as point charges. Two point charges, one with
Electric_dipole_moment
Japanese manga series
M×0 (エム×ゼロ, Emu × Zero) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yasuhiro Kanō. It was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly
M×0
Political party in Pakistan
that targeted operations were only against MQM. During the 2015 Nine Zero raid, MQM worker Waqas Shah was shot by a Ranger's 9 mm pistol from point blank
Muttahida Qaumi Movement – London
Muttahida_Qaumi_Movement_–_London
Cruise missile
booster ignited, immediately the missile would leave the zero length launcher and continue to the target autonomously. Suitable missiles from the development
SSM-N-9_Regulus_II
Logical subdivision of an IP network
values consisting of all zeros and all ones on the public Internet was recommended, reducing the number of available subnets by two for each subnetting. This
Subnet
Canadian flight attendant and early AIDS victim (1952–1984)
30, 1984) was a Canadian flight attendant widely claimed to be "patient zero" for the North American AIDS epidemic, as popularized notably by Randy Shilts's
Gaëtan_Dugas
Search algorithm finding the position of a target value within a sorted array
algorithm that finds the position of a target value within a sorted array. Binary search compares the target value to the middle element of the array
Binary_search
Militancy involving MQM
"Karachi Operation - Target Acquired". The Express Tribune (Tribune Labs). Retrieved 27 July 2021. "27 MQM workers arrested in Nine Zero raid presented in
MQM_militancy
Israeli mobile phone spyware
vulnerability in its app to launch zero-click attacks (the spyware would be installed onto a target's phone by calling the target phone; the spyware would be
Pegasus_(spyware)
Chess opening
by pawns, thus avoiding the pawn weakness on d4 which is Black's usual target in the French. The King's Indian Attack most frequently arises against the
King's_Indian_Attack
pressures lower than the ambient atmospheric pressure, which is set as the zero point, in negative values (for instance, −1 bar or −760 mmHg equals total vacuum)
Pressure_measurement
Detonation of an explosive above a target for increased pressure wave damage
or a nuclear weapon in the air instead of on contact with the ground or target. The principal military advantage of an air burst over a ground burst is
Air_burst
Use of AI by the Israel Defense Forces in the Gaza war
source: "I would invest 20 seconds for each target at this stage, and do dozens of them every day. I had zero added-value as a human, apart from being a
AI-assisted targeting in the Gaza Strip
AI-assisted_targeting_in_the_Gaza_Strip
Emissions pricing system
scheme, which levied vessels that did not meet a GHG intensity target. Japan proposed the Zero-Emission Shipping Incentive Scheme, where revenues would be
IMO_Net-Zero_Framework
International Shooting Sports Federation shooting event
competitions will start from zero, and end in a duel". International Shooting Sport Federation. "Air Gun Testing Target Pellets" (PDF). Neal J. Guns Ecommerce
ISSF_10_meter_air_rifle
Open-source CPU instruction set architecture
subnormal, and divide by zero. Instead, both integer and floating-point arithmetic produce reasonable default values, and floating-point instructions set status
RISC-V
Proposed Islamic community center in Manhattan, New York
proposed building was widely and controversially referred to as the "Ground Zero mosque", and the issue was amplified as an astroturf campaign to influence
Park51
Machine instruction that indicates to a computer to do nothing
architectures: From a hardware design point of view, unmapped areas of a bus are often designed to return zeroes; since the NOP slide behavior is often
NOP_(code)
American actor
Santa and the Fairy Snow Queen 1955 film Target Zero 1956 episode of Studio 57 1956 episode of The West Point Story 1958 episode of State Trooper 1959
Don_Oreck
Computer hacking contest
sponsor and had a Model 3 as an available target. Due to COVID-19, the conference moved to a virtual event. The Zero Day Initiative decided to allow remote
Pwn2Own
Point on a curve where motion must move backwards
{\begin{aligned}x&=f(t)\\y&=g(t),\end{aligned}}} a cusp is a point where both derivatives of f and g are zero, and the directional derivative, in the direction of
Cusp_(singularity)
Weapon guidance system utilizing the target's infrared emissions to track it
centerline of the reticle. When it has rotated to point straight up, the relative angle of the target is zero, so the image appears 5 degrees down from the
Infrared_homing
Class of quantum field theory models
compact. A nonlinear σ model with G/H as the target manifold with a G-invariant Riemannian metric and a zero potential is called a quotient space (or coset
Non-linear_sigma_model
Linear integrated circuit precision shunt regulator
optimistic. They describe a "typical" IC sample at zero phase margin; in practice, robust designs should target at least 30 degree phase margin. Usually, inserting
TL431
2001 video game
2012-08-24. Retrieved 15 November 2022. "Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. and Tecmo Ltd. Announce Project Zero 3™: The Tormented". GamesIndustry.biz. 2005-12-05
Fatal_Frame_(video_game)
Straight figure with zero width and depth
oriented line (or directed line) above is from a reference point a (t = 0) to a target point b (t = 1), or in other words, in the direction of the relative
Line_(geometry)
Trafficking of undiscovered software exploits
known vulnerabilities, and a targeted market in which state-funded actors and digital mercenaries operated with unpatched zero-days, custom payloads and
Market_for_zero-day_exploits
Punctuation mark (!)
example, the password communicated in the spoken phrase "Your password is em-zero-pee-aitch-bang-en-three" is m0ph!n3. The exclamation mark is mainly used
Exclamation_mark
Soviet/Russian guided 152/155 mm artillery shell
intended to engage small ground targets such as tanks, other direct fire weapons, strong-points, or other significant point targets visible to the observer.
Krasnopol_(weapon_system)
Geometric objects with a common centre
between the circumcenter and incenter of a triangle, two concentric circles (with that distance being zero) are the circumcircle and incircle of a triangle
Concentric_objects
Insurrection in Karachi and Hyderabad, Pakistan
violence subsided following Operation Lyari and Karachi's targeted action. The 2015 Nine-Zero raids led to the arrest of several key MQM leaders and marked
MQM_violence_(1994–2016)
Choice of reference for distinguishing an object and its mirror image
orient a point in two different ways, positive and negative. Because there is only a single ordered basis ∅ {\displaystyle \emptyset } , a zero-dimensional
Orientation_(vector_space)
Policy of interest rates or money supply
inflation to the central bank's intended target. Such a policy option could be particularly effective at the zero lower bound. Central banks typically use
Monetary_policy
Family of related bitwise operations on machine words
leading zeros (clz) or number of leading zeros (nlz), which counts the number of zero bits preceding the most significant one bit. There are two common
Find_first_set
Rule of thumb for rifle firing
a rifle zeroed at 100 meters. Table 1: Example Bullet Drop Table If the shooter is engaging a target on an incline and has a properly zeroed rifle, the
Rifleman's_rule
Replacing a number with a simpler value
scale, where below zero indicates freezing.[citation needed] Some computer representations of numbers, including the floating-point representation, distinguish
Rounding
premiere, over four hundred chapters, which are each referred to as a "Target" (標的, Tāgetto), have been released in Japan. The manga has been adapted
List_of_Reborn!_chapters
Chemical compound
30 June 2012. Drobny 2006, p. 8, 22. sfn error: no target: CITEREFDrobny2006 (help) "Chapter Two: Sixth Part". Archived from the original on 2012-01-07
Polychlorotrifluoroethylene
Technique for detecting quantum objects
centre may then return to the ground state via two routes; by the emission of a photon of 637 nm in the zero phonon line (ZPL) (or longer wavelength from
Optically detected magnetic resonance
Optically_detected_magnetic_resonance
Loss of one degree of freedom in a three-dimensional, three-gimbal mechanism
gimbal axes mutually perpendicular (i.e., roll, pitch and yaw angles each zero). If the aircraft pitches up 90 degrees, the aircraft and platform's yaw
Gimbal_lock
Method of launching military aircraft
The zero-length launch system or zero-length take-off system (ZLL, ZLTO, ZEL, ZELL) is a PTOL method whereby jet fighters and attack aircraft could be
Zero-length_launch
TARGET TWO-POINT-ZERO
TARGET TWO-POINT-ZERO
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).
Male
English
 Variant spelling of English Garrett, GARRET means "spear ruler."
Boy/Male
Indian
Point
Male
Swedish
Swedish and Norwegian form of Old Norse Þorgeirr, TORGER means "Thor's spear."Â
Girl/Female
Norse
Point.
Male
English
English surname transferred to unisex forename use, GARNET means "garnet (the gem)," derived from a Middle English altered form of Old French (pome) grenate, "fruit full of seeds," the same source from which came the name of the precious stone.Â
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Point
Female
English
Pet form of French Marguerite, MARGOT means "pearl."
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.
Female
Hungarian
Hungarian and Scandinavian form of Greek Margarites, MARGIT means "pearl."
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
King Henry IV, Part 1 and 2' Edward Poins, an irregular humorist.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Bindushri | பீநà¯à®¤à¯à®·à¯à®°à¯€Â
Point
Bindushri | பீநà¯à®¤à¯à®·à¯à®°à¯€Â
Male
English
English byname for a quarrelsome person. It became a surname, then transferred to a forename, derived from Middle English barat, a derivative of barater, BARRET means "to haggle," hence "haggler."
Surname or Lastname
English (Suffolk, of Norman origin)
English (Suffolk, of Norman origin) : nickname for someone with silvery hair, a variant of Argent, with the French definite article l(e).French : metonymic occupational name for a silversmith, from French argent ‘silver’.
Female
Welsh
Welsh name TARREN means "from the knoll."
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : metonymic occupational name for a boatman, from Middle English, Old French barge ‘boat’, ‘barge’.Dutch : variant of Berg.
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
English : variant of Taggart.Possibly an altered spelling of French Target, a nickname for someone who carried a square buckler, Old French targe.
Female
Welsh
Welsh form of Greek Margarites, MARGED means "pearl."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a market, Middle English market.
TARGET TWO-POINT-ZERO
TARGET TWO-POINT-ZERO
Boy/Male
African, American, Anglo, Australian, British, Christian, English, Gaelic, Irish, Japanese
Born at Night; Great
Boy/Male
Tamil
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a butcher or slaughterer, Middle English bo(u)cher (Old French bouchier, a derivative of bouc ‘ram’).
Boy/Male
African, Bengali, Celebrity, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Jain, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Mythological, Oriya, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Traditional
Indestructible; Unlimited; God of War; Immortal; Non-perishable; End Less
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit
Temple of Lord Shiva; Other Name of Taj Mahal
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Guardian of Initiation
Boy/Male
Indian, Telugu
The Ray of Sun; Part of Parents; God Gift; The Sun
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim, Sindhi
Advisor
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably a topographic name for someone who lived in an area of sandy soil or a habitational name from a farmstead or other minor place so named.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Punjabi, Sikh, Traditional
Lamp of Remembrance of God
TARGET TWO-POINT-ZERO
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n.
Paint, especially for the face.
n.
Whatever serves to mark progress, rank, or relative position, or to indicate a transition from one state or position to another, degree; step; stage; hence, position or condition attained; as, a point of elevation, or of depression; the stock fell off five points; he won by tenpoints.
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.
n.
The pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark; as, he made a good target.
a.
Alt. of Point-devise
n.
Lace wrought the needle; as, point de Venise; Brussels point. See Point lace, below.
adv.
Alt. of Point-devise
n.
To mark (as Hebrew) with vowel points.
v. t.
To paint; to cover over.
n.
Printed letters; the impression taken from type, as to excellence, form, size, etc.; as, small print; large print; this line is in print.
n.
A movement executed with the saber or foil; as, tierce point.
a.
meeting a curve or surface at a point and having at that point the same direction as the curve or surface; -- said of a straight line, curve, or surface; as, a line tangent to a curve; a curve tangent to a surface; tangent surfaces.
n.
To supply with punctuation marks; to punctuate; as, to point a composition.
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.
A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails. See Reef point, under Reef.
v. i.
To paint, as the face.
v. t.
To coat with parget; to plaster, as walls, or the interior of flues; as, to parget the outside of their houses.
a.
Touching; touching at a single point
n.
A shield or target.
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.