poynt

Noun

point (countable and uncountable, plural points)

1. Something tiny, as a pinprick; a very small mark.
   • The stars showed as tiny points of yellow light.
2. A full stop or other terminal punctuation mark.
   • Commas and points they set exactly right.1735, Alexander Pope, The Prologue to the Satires
3. A decimal point (now especially when reading decimal fractions aloud).
   • 10.5 is "ten point five", or ten and a half.
4. Each of the marks or strokes written above letters, especially in Semitic languages, to indicate vowels, stress etc.
5. A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time. In ancient music, it distinguished or characterized certain tones or styles (points of perfection, of augmentation, etc.). In modern music, it is placed on the right of a note to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half.
6. (broadly) A note; a tune.
   • Sound the trumpet — not a levant, or a flourish, but a point of war.1826, [Walter Scott], Woodstock; Or, The Cavalier. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Rees...

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