Point or points may refer to:

Mathematics

  • Point (geometry), a representation of an exact position in a physical or mathematical space
  • Point, or element, in category theory, the generalized concept of a set element
  • Decimal point

Places

  • Point, Cornwall, England, a settlement in Feock parish
  • Point, Lewis, a peninsula in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland
  • Point, the northeast tip of the Inner Hebrides island of Lismore, Scotland
  • Point, Texas, a US city
  • Points, West Virginia, an unincorporated US community

Business and finance

  • Point (loyalty program), a form of currency used as a purchasing incentive
  • Point (mortgage), a payment made up front in exchange for a reduced interest rate

Measurement units

  • Point (gemstone), 2 milligrams, or one hundredth of a carat
  • A unit of card stock thickness
  • Point, 1/100 of an inch, formerly used to describe rainfall in Australia
  • Point (typography)
  • Points, an antler's size by the number of its tips
  • Printer point, a unit of relative exposure in photography
  • One of the 32 directional points of the compass
  • Point of sail, a sailing craft's direction of travel in relation to wind direction
  • Point, the direction of an object by its clock position

Sports

  • Point, in sports scoring
  • Point (American football)
  • Point (basketball)
  • Point (ice hockey)
  • Point (pickleball)
  • Point (tennis)
  • Points (association football)
  • Point (cricket), a fielding position
  • Point guard, in basketball
  • The point (ice hockey), a player location

Technology and transport

  • Point, a data element in a SCADA system
  • Points, a contact breaker in an ignition system
  • Points, a railroad switch (British English)
  • A penal point assessed for a driving offense
  • An archaeological projectile point
  • Public Oregon Intercity Transit, styled POINT, a public transit system

Arts, entertainment, and media

Music

  • Point (Cornelius album), 2001
  • Point #1, a 1999 album by Chevelle
  • Point Music, a record label
  • Points (album), 1990, by jazz pianist Matthew Shipp
  • "The Points" (song), a 1995 single and video from the Panther soundtrack
  • Point (Yello album), 2020
  • "Point", a song by the American band Bright from their self-titled album

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

  • High card points, used for hand evaluation in contract bridge
  • Le Point, a French weekly
  • On Point, a radio show
  • Point Broadcasting, a radio broadcasting company
  • Pointe technique, in ballet
  • Take Point (2018), a South Korean action film

Other uses

  • Full point, point, or period, a punctuation mark
  • Point (coat color), animal fur coloration of the extremities
  • Point (geography), a peninsula or headland
  • Point (surname)
  • Point, a pointing dog's stance when signalling a quarry's location
  • Point, as in "take point", the literal or figurative front person in a military or other endeavor
  • Point University, West Point, Georgia

See also

  • List of mathematical properties of points
  • Critical point (mathematics), a stationary point of a function of an arbitrary number of variables
  • Point-free geometry
  • Stationary point, a point in a single-valued function where the value of the function ceases to change
  • Basis point, 1/100 of one percentage point
  • Percentage point, the arithmetic difference between two percentages
  • Pivot point (technical analysis), a price level used to analyze stock market movement
  • Paris point, used for shoe sizes
  • Interpoint, a punctuation mark
  • Endpoint (disambiguation)
  • Lapointe (disambiguation), also Lepoint/La Pointe/Le Point
  • Midpoint (disambiguation)
  • Point Lookout (disambiguation)
  • Pointing (disambiguation)
  • Points system (disambiguation)
  • Start Point (disambiguation)
  • The Point (disambiguation)
  • Tipping point (disambiguation)
  • . (disambiguation)
  • Dot (disambiguation)
  • Period (disambiguation)