Inside the Universes

'points'

[point.n.01] as in: a geometric element that has position but no extension

Examples:
a point is defined by its coordinates

'points'

[point.n.02] as in: the precise location of something; a spatially limited location

Examples:
she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street

'points'

[point.n.03] as in: a brief version of the essential meaning of something

Examples:
get to the point
he missed the point of the joke
life has lost its point

'points'

[detail.n.01] as in: an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole

Examples:
several of the details are similar
a point of information

'points'

[degree.n.02] as in: a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process

Examples:
a remarkable degree of frankness
at what stage are the social sciences?

'points'

[point.n.06] as in: an instant of time

Examples:
at that point I had to leave

'points'

[point.n.07] as in: the object of an activity

Examples:
what is the point of discussing it?

'points'

[point.n.08] as in: a V shape

Examples:
the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points

'points'

[point.n.09] as in: a very small circular shape

Examples:
a row of points
draw lines between the dots

'points'

[point.n.10] as in: the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest

Examples:
he scored 20 points in the first half
a touchdown counts 6 points

'points'

[point.n.11] as in: a promontory extending out into a large body of water

Examples:
they sailed south around the point

'points'

[item.n.01] as in: a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list

Examples:
he noticed an item in the New York Times
she had several items on her shopping list
the main point on the agenda was taken up first

'points'

[point.n.13] as in: a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect

'points'

[point.n.14] as in: an outstanding characteristic

Examples:
his acting was one of the high points of the movie

'points'

[point.n.15] as in: sharp end

Examples:
he stuck the point of the knife into a tree
he broke the point of his pencil

'points'

[compass_point.n.01] as in: any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass

Examples:
he checked the point on his compass

'points'

[point.n.17] as in: a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch

'points'

[point.n.18] as in: one percent of the total principal of a loan; it is paid at the time the loan is made and is independent of the interest on the loan

'points'

[period.n.07] as in: a punctuation mark (.)

placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations

Examples:
in England they call a period a stop

'points'

[point.n.20] as in: a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer

Examples:
the point of the arrow was due north

'points'

[decimal_point.n.01] as in: the dot at the left of a decimal fraction

'points'

[point.n.22] as in: the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip

'points'

[point.n.23] as in: a distinguishing or individuating characteristic

Examples:
he knows my bad points as well as my good points

'points'

[point.n.24] as in: the gun muzzle's direction

Examples:
he held me up at the point of a gun

'points'

[point.n.25] as in: a wall socket

'points'

[distributor_point.n.01] as in: a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs