Point or points may refer to:

Places

* Point, Lewis, a peninsula in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland * Point, Texas, a city in Rains County, Texas, United States * Point, the NE tip and a ferry terminal of Lismore, Inner Hebrides, Scotland *

Points, West Virginia Points is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association ...

, an unincorporated community in the United States

Business and finance

Point (loyalty program) A loyalty program is a marketing strategy designed to encourage customers to continue to shop at or use the services of a business associated with the program. Today, such programs cover most types of commerce, each having varying features and ...

, a type of virtual currency in common use among mercantile loyalty programs, globally * Point (mortgage), a percentage sometimes referred to as a form of pre-paid interest used to reduce interest rates in a mortgage loan *

Basis point A basis point (often abbreviated as bp, often pronounced as "bip" or "beep") is one hundredth of 1 percentage point. The related term '' permyriad'' means one hundredth of 1 percent. Changes of interest rates are often stated in basis points. If ...

, 1/100 of one percent, denoted ''bp'', ''bps'', and ''‱'' * Percentage points, used to measure a change in percentage absolutely *

Pivot point (technical analysis) In financial markets, a pivot point is a price level that is used by traders as a possible indicator of market movement. A pivot point is calculated as an average of significant prices (high, low, close) from the performance of a market in the ...

, a price level of significance in analysis of a financial market that is used as a predictive indicator of market movement * "Points", the term for profit sharing in the American film industry, where creatives involved in making the film get a defined percentage of the net profits or even gross receipts * Royalty points, a way of sharing profit between companies and unit holders *

Vigorish Vigorish (also known as ''juice'', ''under-juice'', the ''cut'', the ''take'', the ''margin'', the ''house edge'' or simply the ''vig'') is the fee charged by a bookmaker (or ''bookie'') for accepting a gambler's wager. In American English, it can ...

point, the commission charged on a gambling bet or loanshark's loan

Mathematics

* Point (geometry), an entity that has a location in space or on a plane, but has no extent; more generally, an element of some abstract

topological space In mathematics, a topological space is, roughly speaking, a geometrical space in which closeness is defined but cannot necessarily be measured by a numeric distance. More specifically, a topological space is a set whose elements are called po ...

* Point, or

Element (category theory) In category theory, the concept of an element, or a point, generalizes the more usual set theoretic concept of an element of a set to an object of any category. This idea often allows restating of definitions or properties of morphisms (such as m ...

, generalizes the set-theoretic concept of an element of a set to an object of any category *

Critical point (mathematics) Critical point is a wide term used in many branches of mathematics. When dealing with functions of a real variable, a critical point is a point in the domain of the function where the function is either not differentiable or the derivative i ...

, a stationary point of a function of an arbitrary number of variables *

Decimal point A decimal separator is a symbol used to separate the integer part from the fractional part of a number written in decimal form (e.g., "." in 12.45). Different countries officially designate different symbols for use as the separator. The choi ...

* Point-free geometry *

Stationary point In mathematics, particularly in calculus, a stationary point of a differentiable function of one variable is a point on the graph of the function where the function's derivative is zero. Informally, it is a point where the function "stops" in ...

, a point in the domain of a single-valued function where the value of the function ceases to change

Measurement units

Point (gemstone) The carat (ct) is a unit of mass equal to or 0.00643 troy oz, and is used for measuring gemstones and pearls. The current definition, sometimes known as the metric carat, was adopted in 1907 at the Fourth General Conference on Weights and Me ...

, 2 milligrams, or one hundredth of a carat * Point (typography), a measurement used in printing, the meaning of which has changed over time * 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 The word ''thou'' is a second-person singular pronoun in English. It is now largely archaic, having been replaced in most contexts by the word '' you'', although it remains in use in parts of Northern England and in Scots (). ''Thou'' is the ...

'' (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 * Paris point, 2/3 cm, used for shoe sizes * Points of the compass, one of the 32 directions on a traditional compass, equal to one eighth of a right angle (11.25 degrees)

Sports

* Point (American football) * Point (basketball) *

Point (ice hockey) In ice hockey, point has three contemporary meanings. Personal stat A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. The Art Ross Trophy is awarded to the National ...

* Point (pickleball) *

Point (tennis) A point in tennis is the smallest subdivision of the match. A point can consist of a double fault by the server, in which case the point is automatically won by the receiver. In all other cases, a point begins when a legal serve is hit by the serve ...

* Point,

fielding (cricket) Fielding in the sport of cricket is the action of fielders in collecting the ball after it is struck by the striking batter, to limit the number of runs that the striker scores and/or to get a batter out by either catching a hit ball befo ...

* Point, in sports Score * Point guard, in basketball * Points (association football) * Points decision, in boxing and some other fighting sports *

The point (ice hockey) The point is a term in ice hockey to indicate a position inside the opposition's blue line along the edges of the rink. Description A player in the opponent's end zone at the junction of the blue line with the boards is said to be at the point. ...

, the location of an ice hockey player

Technology and transport

* Point, a data element in a SCADA system representing a single input or output * Points, a

contact breaker A contact breaker (or "points") is a type of electrical switch, found in the ignition systems of spark-ignition internal combustion engines. The switch is automatically operated by a cam driven by the engine. The timing of operation of the switch ...

in an ignition system * Points, a

railroad switch A railroad switch (), turnout, or ''set ofpoints () is a mechanical installation enabling railway trains to be guided from one track to another, such as at a railway junction or where a spur or siding branches off. The most common t ...

(British English) * Points, the

clock position A clock position, or clock bearing, is the direction of an object observed from a vehicle, typically a vessel or an aircraft, relative to the orientation of the vehicle to the observer. The vehicle must be considered to have a front, a back, a ...

of an object seen from a moving vessel or aircraft on an imaginary horizontal clock with 12:00 at the front; e.g., two points to starboard is 2:00 * Points of sail, a sailing boat's course in relation to wind direction *

Point system (driving) Many countries have adopted a penalty point or demerit point system under which a person’s driving license is cancelled or suspended based on the number of points accumulated by them over a period of time because of the traffic offenses or infri ...

, a system of demerits for driving offenses *

Projectile point In North American archaeological terminology, a projectile point is an object that was hafted to a weapon that was capable of being thrown or projected, such as a javelin, dart, or arrow. They are thus different from weapons presumed to have ...

, a hafted archaeological artifact used as a knife or projectile tip *

Public Oregon Intercity Transit The POINT Intercity Bus Service is a four-route, intercity bus service of the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT). The service is administered by ODOT's Public Transportation Division as part of its intercity grant program. The POINT servic ...

, styled POINT, a public transit system

Arts, entertainment, and media

Music

* ''Point'' (album), a 2001 album by Cornelius * ''Point #1'', a 1999 album of Chevelle * Point Music, a record label * ''Points'' (album), by jazz pianist Matthew Shipp * "

The Points "The Points" is a rap song performed by The Notorious B.I.G., Coolio, Doodlebug, Big Mike, Buckshot, Redman, Ill Al Skratch, Heltah Skeltah, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Busta Rhymes, Menace Clan and Jamal. It was released in 1995 via Mercury Reco ...

", a 1995 single and video from the ''Panther'' soundtrack * ''Point'' (Yello album), a 2020 album by Yello * "Point", a song by the American band Bright from their self-titled album

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

High card points In contract bridge, various bidding systems have been devised to enable partners to describe their hands to each other so that they may reach the optimum contract. Key to this process is that players evaluate and re-evaluate the trick-taking pot ...

, used for hand evaluation in contract bridge * '' Le Point'', a French weekly * ''

On Point ''On Point'' is a radio show produced by WBUR-FM in Boston and syndicated by American Public Media (APM). The show addresses a wide range of issues from news, politics, arts and culture, health, technology, environmental, and business topics, t ...

'', a radio show *

Point Broadcasting Point Broadcasting LLC is an American radio broadcasting company based in Ventura, California. The company is the owner of several radio groups in Southern California, doing business as Gold Coast Broadcasting LLC in the Oxnard—Ventura radio ma ...

, a radio broadcasting company *

Pointe technique Pointe technique ( ) is the part of classical ballet technique that concerns ''pointe work'', in which a ballet dancer supports all body weight on the tips of fully extended feet within pointe shoes. A dancer is said to be ''en pointe'' () wh ...

, a ballet technique for dancing on the tips of toes * ''

Take Point To take point, walk point, be on point, or be a point man is to assume the first and most exposed position in a combat military formation, that is, the leading soldier or unit advancing through hostile or unsecured territory. The term can be a ...

'' (2018), a South Korean action film

Other uses

* Point (coat color), animal fur coloration of the extremities *Point (geography), a peninsula or headland * Point (surname), a surname * Make a point or come to a point, a hunting term referring to a pointing dog's standing rigid and facing the prey * Take_point#Other_uses, On point, someone who possesses abundant and various qualities of competence, leadership or style, or to specific acts which demonstrate such qualities * Point man, one who takes point (defined below) on patrol, the lookout in the commission of a crime, a defense position in ice hockey, or someone who leads the defense of a political position * Point mutation, a change in a single nucleotide * Take point (or walk point, be on point, or be a point man), to be the lead, and likely most vulnerable, soldier, vehicle, or unit in a combat military formation * Point University, West Point, Georgia