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the smallest thing you can make and still win the whole argument
means A point is a single sharp tip, a specific spot or moment, a unit of score, or the particular idea you're trying to get across.
from From Latin 'pungere,' meaning 'to prick or pierce' — the same sharp ancestor behind 'puncture' and 'pungent.' Its past participle 'punctum' meant 'a thing pricked,' which softened over time into the French 'point,' covering everything from the tip of a needle to a tiny mark on a page to a fixed spot in space. So a point has always been about the smallest, sharpest possible thing — the prick of a pin that somehow carries the whole weight of an argument.
- euclid's def
- that which has no part, no size
- decimal duty
- one dot reshuffles every digit's worth
- compass card
- sailors once memorized 32 of them
- typography
- roughly 1/72 of an inch tall
- in fencing
- the touch that ends the bout
cape point — headland in south africa where the atlantic and indian oceans meet, located in western cape province
point nemo — oceanic pole of inaccessibility in the south pacific, farthest point from any land at coordinates 48°52.6′s 123°24.6′w
point barrow alaska — northernmost point of the united states, located in alaska at 71°23′n latitude