turned point
turned point noun: synonym of interpunct ⟨·⟩.
Noun
turned point (plural turned points)
- Synonym of interpunct ⟨·⟩.
- The turned point (·, e.g. 3·5 ; used as decimal mark in England)1916, Lucien Alphonse Legros and John Cameron Grant, Typographical Printing-Surfaces: The Technology and Mechanism of their Production, Longmans, Green, and Co., page 671
- With a view of cheapening the cost of printing mathematical equations, and with a view to facilitating the reproduction of mathematical equations on the typewriter, the Concret Institute have recently suggested that those writers who employ :−(1) The high point as the decimal separatrix (example...1920 August, “Notes and comments”, in The Foundry Trade Journal, volume 22, number 224, page 614
- Synonyms:
- interpunct
Synonyms of turned point
Forms of turned point
| plural | turned points |
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Questions about turned point
- What does turned point mean?
- Turned point means synonym of interpunct ⟨·⟩.
- What part of speech is turned point?
- Turned point is a noun.
- What is the plural of turned point?
- The plural of turned point is turned points.
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