Point

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Point or points may refer to the following:

Business and finance

  • Basis point, 1/100 of one percent, denoted bp, bps, and
  • Percentage points, used to measure a change in percentage absolutely
  • Pivot point (stock market), a price level of significance in analysis of a financial market that is used as a predictive indicator of market movement
  • Point (mortgage), a percentage sometimes referred to as a form of pre-paid interest used to reduce interest rates in a mortgage loan
  • Reward points (see loyalty program), marketing strategy
  • Royalty points, a way of sharing profit between companies and unit holders
  • Vigorish point, the commission charged on a gambling bet or loanshark's loan

Engineering

Entertainment

Games and sports

Geography

Mathematics

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Measurement units

  • Compass point, one of the 32 directions on a traditional compass, equal to one eighth of a right angle (11.25 degrees)
  • Point (gemstone), 2 milligrams, or one hundredth of a carat
  • Point, in hunting, the number of antler tips on the hunted animal (e.g. 9 point buck)
  • Point, for describing paper-stock thickness, a synonym of mil and thou (one thousandth of an inch)
  • Point, a hundredth of an inch or 0.254 mm, a unit of measurement formerly used for rainfall in Australia
  • Point (typography), a measurement used in printing, the meaning of which has changed over time
  • Paris point, 2/3 cm, used for shoe sizes

Parliamentary procedure

  • Point of order, a matter raised during a debate concerning the rules of debating themselves
  • Point of privilege, a matter related to the rights and privileges of a parliamentary body or of one or more of its members

Science

  • Point (coat color), animal fur coloration of the extremities
  • Point, a data element in a SCADA system representing a single input or output
  • Point mutation, a change in a single nucleotide and therefore in a specific codon

Typography

Other

See also

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