Pointedness
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The quality of being pointed
Point
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it.To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.To repair mortar.To direct or encourage (someone) in a particular directionTo repair by removing and replacing loose mortar.To direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location in memory.To direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that domain name.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A discrete divison of something.# An individual element in a larger whole; a particular detail, thought, or quality.#: The Congress debated the finer points of the bill.# A particular moment in an event or occurrence; a juncture.#: There comes a point in a marathon when some people give up.#: At this point in the meeting, I'd like to propose a new item for the agenda.# Condition, state.#:She was not feeling in good point.# A topic of discussion or debate; a proposition, a focus of conversation or consideration.#:I made the point that we all had an interest to protect.# The smallest quantity of something; a jot, a whit.#*1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.ii:#*:full large of limbe and euery ioint / He was, and cared not for God or man a point.# A tiny amount of time; a moment.# A specific location or place, seen as a spatial position.#: We should meet at a pre-arranged point.# A zero-dimensional mathematical object representing a location in one or more dimensions; something considered to have position but no magnitude or direction.# A purpose or objective.#: Since the decision has already been made, I see little point in further discussion.# A full stop or other terminal punctuation mark.# A distinguishing quality or characteristic.#:Logic isn't my strong point.# Something tiny, as a pinprick; a very small mark.#:The stars showed as tiny points of yellow light.# A tenth; formerly also a twelfth.#:Possession is nine points of the law.# Each of the marks or strokes written above letters, especially in Semitic languages, to indicate vowels, stress etc.# A unit of scoring in a game or competition.#: The one with the most points will win the game# A decimal point (now especially when reading decimal fractions aloud).#: 10.5 ("ten point five"; = ten and a half)# A unit used to express differences in prices of stocks and shares.# a unit of measure equal to 1/12 of a pica, or approximately 1/72 of an inch (exactly 1/72 of an inch in the digital era).# An electric power socket.A sharp extremity.# The sharp tip of an object.#: Cut the skin with the point of the knife.# Any projecting extremity of an object.# An object which has a sharp or tapering tip.#:His cowboy belt was studded with points.# Each of the twelve triangular positions in either table of a backgammon board, on which the stones are played.# A peninsula or promontory.# The position at the front or vanguard of an advancing force.#* 2005, Martin Torgoff, Can't Find My Way Home: America in the Great Stoned Age, 1945–2000, Simon & Schuster, ISBN 978-0-7432-3011-6, [http://books.google.com/books?id=j16Lsej_q-YC&pg=PA189&dq=point page 189]:#*: Willie Jones decided to become Kimani Jones, Black Panther, on the day his best friend, Otis Nicholson, stepped on a mine while walking point during a sweep in the central highlands.# Each of the main directions on a compass, usually considered to be 32 in number; a direction.# A railroad switch.# An area of contrasting colour on an animal, especially a dog; a marking.#: The point color of that cat was a deep, rich sable.# A fielding position square of the wicket on the off side, between gully and cover.
Example sentence: The only passion that guides me is for the truth... I look at everything from this point of view.