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points
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points(Noun)
Movable rails which can be used to switch a train from one railway track to another.
points(Noun)
The two metal surfaces in a distributor which close or open to allow current to flow or not through the ignition coil. Each surface is called a point singular (there's usually a moving point which is pushed by the distributor cam and a fixed point which isn't), but they're made together in a unit and serviced or replaced that way and are hence normally called points plural.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
points
See REEF-POINTS.--Armed at all points, is when a man is defended by armour cap-à-pie.
Editors Contribution
points
Plural noun of the word point.
The train system has points where control signals are computerized
Submitted by MaryC on May 8, 2016
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Rank popularity for the word 'points' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #901
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Rank popularity for the word 'points' in Written Corpus Frequency: #752
Anagrams for points »
instop, opts in, pinots, pintos, Pintos, piston, pitons
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of points in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of points in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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I'm not really caring too much about rankings or points, and I know that I said that if you win a tournament that automatically makes you No. 1, but I'm not even thinking about winning this tournament right now. Like, I'm thinking about my next match, and I know it's either going to be Coco or Babos. So I sort of feel free.
We only have so many opportunities to hear from the fifty million candidates who are apparently running for President. And we get the Fox moderators asking questions that the New York Times applauds? please. Let's don't use the Democratic 'war on women' talking points when we have ISIS to worry about.
I started out down 19 points, and I had never run for anything before. But every time I got knocked down, I got back up.
The more extreme characterizations of hawks and doves, where the implication is that participants on the committee want to go in entirely different directions at any given point in time ... that is not the current set of circumstances, the committee is much tighter in its array of opinion, and the differences between points of view are more nuanced and more related to sooner versus a little later on questions of policy.
The idea was that we have a well-developed space infrastructure for our defence needs, and without a big financial investment, we can use it to grab a few percentage points of the commercial market as well.
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