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Cloverleaf interchange in Islamabad, Pakistan
The Zero Point Interchange is a large cloverleaf interchange in Islamabad, Pakistan, located at the intersection of the Islamabad Expressway, the Srinagar
Zero_Point_Interchange
Topics referred to by the same term
magnitude in astronomy Zero Point (South Georgia), a point in Possession Bay, South Georgia Zero Point Interchange, a cloverleaf interchange in Islamabad, Pakistan
Zero_point
increasing traffic. It has many interchanges, most important ones being Jinnah Avenue, Zero Point Interchange and Faizabad Interchange, Khanna Bridge, Old Airport
Developments_in_Islamabad
Major road in Islamabad, Pakistan
national capital with the N-5 National Highway. It stretches from Zero Point Interchange with the Srinagar Highway in Islamabad to Rawat, Islamabad Capital
Islamabad_Expressway
Location from which distances are traditionally measured
Pakistani zero point is the Zero Point Interchange in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan. It is the busiest interchange of Islamabad. A small obelisk
Kilometre_zero
IEEE standard for floating-point arithmetic
special "not a number" values (NaNs) interchange formats: encodings (bit strings) that may be used to exchange floating-point data in an efficient and compact
IEEE_754
National park in Islamabad, Pakistan
Shakarparian Hills) is a hill and a national park located near the Zero Point Interchange in Islamabad, Pakistan. Pakistan Monument and Pakistan Monument
Shakarparian
Town in Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan
Lake View Park, Dhokri Chowk, Jinnah Sports Stadium/Aabpara, and Zero Point Interchange. Hussain, Abid (2018-12-20). "Deprivation of Barakahu". Daily Times
Barakahu
Highway in Islamabad, Pakistan
capital of Indian administered Kashmir. Developments in Islamabad Faizabad Interchange Seventh Avenue (Islamabad) "Kashmir Highway symbolically renamed to Srinagar
Srinagar_Highway
Autonomous civic organization working under Ministry of Interior, Pakistan
construction of Zero Point Interchange on Islamabad Expressway in year 2011 at a cost of PKR 4.1 Billion, Peshawar Morr Interchange on Srinagar Highway
Capital Development Authority (Pakistan)
Capital_Development_Authority_(Pakistan)
November 2024 Protest in Pakistan
crowd using rubber bullets and tear gas. The protestors reached the Zero Point Interchange area of Islamabad during the afternoon of November 26, with the
November_2024_PTI_protest
Union council in Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan
Riaz, Bahria Enclave Islamabad, is 4 km away from Chak Shahzad. Zero Point Interchange is 12 km away. Islamabad Model College For Boys (F.A) Chak Shahzad
Chak_Shahzad
Year used in some calendars
zero in both the astronomical year numbering system (where it coincides with the Julian year 1 BC), and the ISO 8601:2004 system, a data interchange standard
Year_zero
Topics referred to by the same term
protease inhibitor, a protein circulating in the blood Zero Point Interchange, a cloverleaf interchange in Islamabad, Pakistan Pinner tube station, a London
ZPI
Gujranwala, Punjab Yousuf Raza Gillani Flyover, Multan, Punjab Zero Point Interchange, road overpass, Islamabad Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap
List_of_bridges_in_Pakistan
International standards for dates and times
(excludes images or sounds). In representations that adhere to the ISO 8601 interchange standard, dates and times are arranged such that the greatest temporal
ISO_8601
Data-interchange format
/ˈdʒeɪsən/ or /ˈdʒeɪˌsɒn/) is an open standard file format and data interchange format that uses human-readable text to store and transmit data objects
JSON
Photo ICT-4 Pakistan Monument Landmark Located on Shakarparian near Zero Point Interchange Islamabad 33°41′36″N 73°04′06″E / 33.6933°N 73.0682°E / 33.6933;
List of cultural heritage sites in Islamabad
List_of_cultural_heritage_sites_in_Islamabad
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
Motorway in Pakistan
Airport). Islamabad Interchange Kot Abdul Malik Interchange Kala Shah Kaku Interchange Babu Sabu interchange. Thokar Niaz Baig interchange. M-2 Motorway on
M-2_motorway_(Pakistan)
Bombings in Pakistan after the Lal Masjid siege
The sound of the blast was heard almost 5 kilometers away at the Zero Point Interchange. About 10 minutes after the incident, the first ambulance arrived
July_2007_Pakistan_bombings
64-bit computer number format
The double-precision binary floating-point exponent is encoded using an offset-binary representation, with the zero offset being 1023; also known as exponent
Double-precision floating-point format
Double-precision_floating-point_format
MAJOR ROADWAYS IN ISLAMABAD(CAPITAL OF PAKISTAN)
Expressway Course Length Existing Status Lanes Completion Islamabad Expressway Zero Point Interchange–Rawat 28 km 28 km Operational 10 1968
Major roadways of Islamabad Capital Territory
Major_roadways_of_Islamabad_Capital_Territory
Value for unrepresentable data
smallest normal number in magnitude, a subnormal number, or zero). In the IEEE 754 binary interchange formats, NaNs are encoded with the exponent field filled
NaN
Control character with value 0
null character is a control character with the value zero. Many character sets include a code point for a null character – including Unicode (Universal
Null_character
Floating-point values coded as few bits
number with a leading "0." prefix, and with the zero mantissa all bits after the decimal point are zero, meaning this value is interpreted as 0.000 2 ×
Minifloat
Road in Malaysia
North–South Expressway Southern Route via Exit 255 Kempas Interchange. The Kilometre Zero of Kempas Highway starts at Jalan Kempas Lama junctions. At
Kempas_Highway
256-bit computer number format
The octuple-precision binary floating-point exponent is encoded using an offset binary representation, with the zero offset being 262143; also known as exponent
Octuple-precision floating-point format
Octuple-precision_floating-point_format
Public bus service by the Government of Sindh
Route no. Add on Start point End point 1 Normal Model Colony Dockyard Pink* Tank Chowk KPT Interchange 2 Normal North Karachi Landhi Pink 3 Normal UP
Peoples_Bus_Service
Turnpike connecting two interstate turnpikes in Malaysia
also a major interchange in same expressway. The expressway connects Putrajaya Interchange to the Lebuh Sentosa interchange. The Kilometre Zero of the expressway
North–South Expressway Central Link
North–South_Expressway_Central_Link
128-bit computer number format
down to 1 bit for the smallest non-zero value. The bits are laid out as: The quadruple-precision binary floating-point exponent is encoded using an offset
Quadruple-precision floating-point format
Quadruple-precision_floating-point_format
Computer approximation for real numbers
quad. Normal numbers exclude subnormal values, zeros, infinities, and NaNs. In the IEEE binary interchange formats the leading bit of a normalized significand
Floating-point_arithmetic
Expressway in Malaysia
Direct ramp Ijok Interchange Ijok Toll Plaza Puncak Alam and Bandar Tasik Puteri Interchange Kuang West Toll Plaza Kundang (East) Interchange "Mudajaya bags
Kuala Lumpur–Kuala Selangor Expressway
Kuala_Lumpur–Kuala_Selangor_Expressway
Road in Malaysia
Road. The Kilometre Zero of this section is located at Jalan Duta Interchange near Jalan Duta, Kuala Lumpur, at its interchange with the E1 New Klang
Duta–Ulu_Klang_Expressway
Road in Malaysia
Highway was built in 2001. The Kilometre Zero of the Federal Route 59 is located at Tapah, Perak, at its interchange with the Federal Route 1, the main trunk
Malaysia_Federal_Route_59
Road in Malaysia
Seputeh Interchange at Federal Highway to NKVE at Jalan Duta. The Kilometre Zero of the Kerinchi Link's section is located at Mont Kiara-NKVE Interchange. The
Sprint_Expressway
Road in Malaysia
Valley, Malaysia. The 21.2 km (13.2 mi) expressway connects Serdang interchange on Damansara–Puchong Expressway to Kuala Lumpur International Airport
Putrajaya–Cyberjaya Expressway
Putrajaya–Cyberjaya_Expressway
Character encoding standard
(/ˈæski/ ASS-kee), an acronym for American Standard Code for Information Interchange, is a character encoding standard for representing a particular set of
ASCII
Road in Malaysia
the six new interchanges along the highway such as Skudai-TAR interchange, Taman Perling diamond interchange, Bukit Indah diamond interchange, Nusajaya
Iskandar_Coastal_Highway
Leaked photograph controversy
an unmanned concrete toll booth near the Alton Parkway single-point urban interchange. Catsouras was killed on impact by decapitation. Toxicological
Nikki Catsouras photographs controversy
Nikki_Catsouras_photographs_controversy
Motorway in Pakistan
LAHORE KARACHI MOTORWAY. This is a section under construction. Sukkur Interchange is the current junction constructed. [3] "Karachi to Lahore motorway
Lahore–Karachi_Motorway
Road in Malaysia
Southern Route via the Jasin Interchange. The Kilometre Zero of Jalan Merlimau–Jasin starts at Merlimau, at its interchange with the Federal Route 5, the
Malacca_State_Route_M25
Second edition of the IEEE 754 floating-point standard
between arithmetic formats (in which arithmetic may be carried out) and interchange formats (which have a standard encoding). Conformance to the standard
IEEE_754-2008_revision
New Zealand international rugby league footballer
Suncorp Stadium. On 4 October, he played off the interchange bench in the Broncos' 17-16 golden-point extra-time loss to the North Queensland Cowboys in
Kodi_Nikorima
Provincial highway in British Columbia, Canada; part of Trans-Canada Highway
of Freeway between what is now north of the 1st Avenue interchange to the Cape Horn Interchange opened. This was followed on June 12 by the opening of
British_Columbia_Highway_1
Road in Malaysia
million. Three interchanges were built along the highway, namely Semabok Interchange, Al Azim Interchange and Malim Jaya Interchange. The entire Lebuh
AMJ_Highway
Highway in the United States
Wilson County. The highway meets Green Pond Road one-half mile (zero point eight zero kilometres) east of the Nash County–Wilson County line. US 264 travels
U.S._Route_264
The interchange instability, also known as the Kruskal–Schwarzschild instability or flute instability, is a type of plasma instability seen in magnetic
Interchange_instability
Major interstate expressway in Malaysia
the East Coast Expressway. The Kilometre Zero of the entire expressway is located at the Pandan Interchange with the Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Link
North–South Expressway Southern Route
North–South_Expressway_Southern_Route
International standard for financial transaction card originated interchange messaging
an international standard for financial transaction card originated interchange messaging. It is the International Organization for Standardization standard
ISO_8583
Interstate highway in Malaysia
Pajam Interchange to Paroi – land acquisitions completed; a segment between Mantin and Setul Interchanges approved for realignment. The kilometer zero of
Kajang–Seremban_Highway
Road in Malaysia
with the Kuala Lumpur–Seremban Expressway. The Kilometre Zero is located at Seputeh Interchange. The construction of the East–West Link Expressway started
East–West_Link_Expressway
Standard for serial communication
and Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment Employing Serial Binary Data Interchange, issued in 1997. The RS-232 standard is commonly used with serial ports
RS-232
Expressway in Malaysia
subsidiary Prolintas Expressway Sdn Bhd. The starting point of the highway or 'Kilometre Zero' is located at the Jalan Monfort intersection near Shah
Guthrie_Corridor_Expressway
128-bit computer number format
floating-point number format defined by the IEEE 754 Standard for Floating-Point Arithmetic. It is one of the standard's basic interchange formats, designed
Decimal128 floating-point format
Decimal128_floating-point_format
Road in Malaysia
provisions for future tri-level interchange, and a two-level interchange with provision for future tri-level interchange. This phase was opened to traffic
Johor_Bahru_Inner_Ring_Road
Computer text file character representing blank space
displayed: Above the zero "0" or negative "(‒)" key. Exact space The Cambridge Z88 provided a special "exact space" (code point 160 aka 0xA0) (invokable
Whitespace_character
Type of geometric transformation
zero elements with a non-zero value. An example is the linear map that takes any point with coordinates ( x , y ) {\displaystyle (x,y)} to the point (
Shear_mapping
Circular expressway in Shanghai, China
Shanghai with the East China Sea. The kilometre zero of the Shanghai Ring Expressway is located at an interchange with S20 Outer Ring Expressway and Yixian
G1503 Shanghai Ring Expressway
G1503_Shanghai_Ring_Expressway
Road in Malaysia
also useful as the main ring road of Kajang. The Kilometre Zero is located at Mines Interchange near Seri Kembangan. Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway used
Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway
Kajang_Dispersal_Link_Expressway
Bitmap image file format family
The Graphics Interchange Format (GIF; /ɡɪf/ GHIF or /dʒɪf/ JIF, ) is a bitmap image format that was developed by a team at the online services provider
GIF
Interstate Highway in central Arizona
northern end of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area to a point 2.2 miles (3.5 km) south of The Stack interchange with I-10 northwest of Downtown Phoenix. (It is
Interstate_17
Type of road junction
switching to the other: Diamond interchange Partial cloverleaf interchange Single-point urban interchange Roundabout interchange Compact grade-separation, whereby
Grade_separation
Turnpike in Johore, Malaysia
Desaru from 2.5 hours to one hour. The Kilometre Zero of the expressway is located at Senai Main Interchange at Senai. The Johor Bahru–Kota Tinggi Highway
Senai–Desaru_Expressway
Lossy compression method for reducing the size of digital images
The Exif and JFIF standards define the commonly used file formats for interchange of JPEG-compressed images. JPEG standards are formally named as Information
JPEG
Road in Malaysia
shares its Kilometre Zero with the old Seremban–Port Dickson Road FT53; hence, the expressway begins at KM7 of Mambau Interchange near Seremban. The Seremban–Port
Seremban–Port_Dickson_Highway
Road in Malaysia
The entire route is located in Kuantan District, Pahang. Legend: I/C - Interchange, I/S - Intersection, RSA - Rest and service area, OBR - Overhead bridge
Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Airport Road
Sultan_Haji_Ahmad_Shah_Airport_Road
Length in a vector space
metric from zero is not homogeneous in the non-zero point; indeed, the distance from zero remains one as its non-zero argument approaches zero. However,
Norm_(mathematics)
Highway in Maryland
through suburban neighborhoods before coming to an interchange with MD 144 (Frederick Road). At this point, I-695 narrows to seven lanes, with three southbound
Interstate_695_(Maryland)
Particular kind of local bifurcation
eigenvalue whose real part passes through zero. A transcritical bifurcation is one in which a fixed point exists for all values of a parameter and is
Transcritical_bifurcation
Road in Bangladesh
Khulna end Power House Interchange Major intersections N715 / N765 - Khulna Road Intersection R755 - Chuknagar Intersection N709 - Zero Point Intersection Satkhira end
N760_(Bangladesh)
Expressway in Johore, Malaysia
Malaysia–Singapore Second Link at Tanjung Kupang, Johor Bahru District. The Kilometre Zero for the entire expressway is located at the Malaysia–Singapore border at
Second_Link_Expressway
Decimal representation of real numbers in computing
computing with decimal floating point, which lacked a specification for how floating-point data should be encoded for interchange with other systems. This was
Decimal_floating_point
Coordinate system used in projective geometry
homogeneous coordinates of a point are multiplied by a non-zero scalar then the resulting coordinates represent the same point. Since homogeneous coordinates
Homogeneous_coordinates
Complete list of the characters available on most computers
UCS enables computer software vendors to interoperate, and transmit—interchange—UCS-encoded text strings from one to another. Because it is a universal
Universal Character Set characters
Universal_Character_Set_characters
Unicode character
Unicode's zero-width space, with the exception that the soft hyphen will preserve the kerning of the characters on either side when not visible. The zero-width
Soft_hyphen
Computational approach
permuting a three-dimensional vector with values labeled x, y and z, can interchange x to y, y to z, and z to x. Events represented by hypervectors A and
Hyperdimensional_computing
Santiago metro station
is a rapid transit station of the Santiago Metro system, being an interchange point in between Line 1 and Line 2. It located at the intersection of Avenida
Los_Héroes_metro_station
Road in Malaysia
is located in Port Dickson District, Negeri Sembilan. Legend: I/C - Interchange, I/S - Intersection, RSA - Rest and service area, OBR - Overhead bridge
Malaysia_Federal_Route_363
Road in Malaysia
together with Salak Expressway. The Kilometre Zero of the expressway starts at the Razak Mansion Interchange while its southern terminus is right before
Kuala Lumpur–Seremban Expressway
Kuala_Lumpur–Seremban_Expressway
intuitive notion of adding a point at infinity, and requiring the values of the function to get arbitrarily close to zero as one approaches it. This definition
Vanish_at_infinity
Floating-point number formats
format and a 64-bit "double-precision" format for encoding and interchanging floating-point numbers. The extended format was designed not to store data at
Extended_precision
K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See also References External links 0-day—Zero-day vulnerability 1GL—First-generation programming language 1NF—First normal
List of computing and IT abbreviations
List_of_computing_and_IT_abbreviations
Road in the Malaysian state of Penang
Hassan, the former Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Penang. The Kilometre Zero is located at Bulatan Bayan Lepas roundabout in Bayan Lepas. At most sections
Malaysia_Federal_Route_281
Expressway in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
Resources Corp Bhd (MRCB). The Kilometre Zero of the entire expressway is located after the CIQ Interchange before the Sultan Iskandar Building towards
Johor Bahru Eastern Dispersal Link Expressway
Johor_Bahru_Eastern_Dispersal_Link_Expressway
Major expressway in Luzon, Philippines
northern terminus at Santa Ines Interchange in Mabalacat, Pampanga, to its southern terminus at Balintawak Interchange in Quezon City, which is adjacent
North_Luzon_Expressway
Data types supported by the C programming language
specifies floating-point types for IEEE 754 interchange and extended formats in binary and decimal: _FloatN for binary interchange formats; _DecimalN
C_data_types
Road in Malaysia
Zaharah, is an main federal road in Terengganu, Malaysia. The Kilometre Zero is located at Bulatan roundabout. At most sections, the Federal Route 65
Tengku Ampuan Intan Zaharah Road
Tengku_Ampuan_Intan_Zaharah_Road
Road in Malaysia
expressway is 11.4 km (7.1 mi). Starting from the Kilometre Zero or A Zero (A0) at KLIA Interchange of the North–South Expressway Central Link E6, the first
KLIA_Expressway
Circulation density in a vector field
formally defined as the circulation density at each point of the field. A vector field whose curl is zero is called irrotational. The curl is a form of differentiation
Curl_(mathematics)
Mathematical symbols (+ and −)
concept of negative zero in mathematics, but in computing −0 may have a separate representation from zero. In the IEEE floating-point standard, 1 / −0 is
Plus_and_minus_signs
Year numbering system using 0 for 1 BC
thus in general n AD/CE is simply n or +n. For normal calculation a number zero is often needed, here most notably when calculating the number of years in
Astronomical_year_numbering
Road in Malaysia
It is also a main route to East Coast Expressway via Chukai Interchange The Kilometre Zero of the Federal Route 237 is at Chukai. At most sections, the
Malaysia_Federal_Route_237
"Floating-Point Language-Independent Type for YAML Version 1.1". YAML.org. Clark C. Evans. Retrieved 2009-09-12. "Efficient Extensible Interchange". Ion Binary
Comparison of data-serialization formats
Comparison_of_data-serialization_formats
130th season of the Australian Football League (AFL)
2026 season: the substitute rule was removed in favour of a five-player interchange; and the ball would no longer be bounced in the centre of the ground
2026_AFL_season
Road in Malaysia
East Coast Parkway. The Kilometre Zero of the Pasir Gudang Highway is located at Tampoi, Johor, at its interchange with the Skudai Highway (Federal Route
Pasir_Gudang_Highway
State highway in Minnesota, United States
through an interchange with Maple Grove Parkway, and it turns southeasterly to its interchange with CR 81 in Maple Grove. From this point, the freeway
Minnesota_State_Highway_610
Coding scheme for Indian writing systems
conjuncts instead of Indic text. Indian Script Code for Information Interchange (ISCII) is a coding scheme for representing various writing systems of
Indian Script Code for Information Interchange
Indian_Script_Code_for_Information_Interchange
Road in Malaysia
Bukit Jalil. The Kilometre Zero of the highway starts at Puchong Jaya Interchange near Puchong, Selangor. The Kilometre Zero monument is erected near Pos
Bukit_Jalil_Highway
Road in Malaysia
Maju Expressway and Sungai Besi Expressway. The Kilometre Zero is located at Serdang interchange of the Damansara–Puchong Expressway. At most sections, the
Malaysia_Federal_Route_3215
ZERO POINT-INTERCHANGE
ZERO POINT-INTERCHANGE
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Point
Male
Finnish
Finnish form of German Erich, EERO means "ever-ruler."Â
Male
Finnish
Short form of Finnish Antero, TERO means "man; warrior."
Boy/Male
Arabic, Australian, German, Greek, Kurdish
Empty; Void
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Point
Girl/Female
Norse
Point.
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
Italian
 Short form of Italian Raniero, NERO means "wise warrior." Compare with another form of Nero.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Bindu Priya | பிஂத௠பà¯à®°à®¿à®¯à®¾Â
Drop, Point
Bindu Priya | பிஂத௠பà¯à®°à®¿à®¯à®¾Â
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.
Boy/Male
Arabic
Empty.
Girl/Female
Indian
Drop, Point
Female
Greek
(ἩÏá½¼) Greek name derived form the word hÄ“rÅs, HERO means "hero." In mythology, this is the name of the lover of Leandros (Latin Leander).
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
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
King Henry IV, Part 1 and 2' Edward Poins, an irregular humorist.
Boy/Male
Indian
Point
Girl/Female
Norse
Beautiful point.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Bindushri | பீநà¯à®¤à¯à®·à¯à®°à¯€Â
Point
Bindushri | பீநà¯à®¤à¯à®·à¯à®°à¯€Â
Girl/Female
Norse
New point.
Male
Spanish
Spanish name derived from Latin juniperus, JUNÃPERO means "juniper tree."
ZERO POINT-INTERCHANGE
ZERO POINT-INTERCHANGE
Boy/Male
Hindu
Brilliant
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Fluency as in Singing for Music
Boy/Male
Welsh
August.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Hyatt.
Boy/Male
English
Citizen.
Girl/Female
English French American Latin
Jewel.
Male
Norse
Old Norse equivalent of Anglo-Saxon Hereweald, HARALDR means "army ruler."
Boy/Male
Slavic Hebrew
Lively.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Lathangi | லாதாநகீ
A creeper, Slim girl
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Infinite Fosterer
ZERO POINT-INTERCHANGE
ZERO POINT-INTERCHANGE
ZERO POINT-INTERCHANGE
ZERO POINT-INTERCHANGE
ZERO POINT-INTERCHANGE
pl.
of Zero
n.
A large and valuable fish of the Mackerel family, of the genus Scomberomorus. Two species are found in the West Indies and less commonly on the Atlantic coast of the United States, -- the common cero (Scomberomorus caballa), called also kingfish, and spotted, or king, cero (S. regalis).
n.
The point from which the graduation of a scale, as of a thermometer, commences.
n.
To mark (as Hebrew) with vowel points.
n.
A cipher; zero.
n.
A movement executed with the saber or foil; as, tierce point.
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.
pl.
of Zero
n.
Fig.: The lowest point; the point of exhaustion; as, his patience had nearly reached zero.
adv.
Alt. of Point-devise
n.
To supply with punctuation marks; to punctuate; as, to point a composition.
a.
Alt. of Point-devise
n.
To direct toward an abject; to aim; as, to point a gun at a wolf, or a cannon at a fort.
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.
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.
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.
Lace wrought the needle; as, point de Venise; Brussels point. See Point lace, below.
adv.
In a point-blank manner.
n.
A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails. See Reef point, under Reef.