Point

Point (other than “extremity” which is pointe). Dot (morse). Point (of compa ). Position (of ship at sea). Full stop, period. Mark (in examination). Stitch in the side, painful catch in breathing. Speck. Hole (eg., in a strap). Stitch. Clew (of sail). Point de visée (point de mire, point visé). Point aimed at.—Point de chute. Point of impact (also) point at which the projectile meets a horizontal plane pa ing through the gun muzzle.—Point d’impact. Point of impact on a vertical target.—Point d’arrivée. Point at which projectile strikes the ground (in cases where “ point de chute ”’ is taken in the special sense above-mentioned).—Point moyen. Mean point of impact.—Point moyen d’éclatement. Mean point of burst of a time-shrapnel series.—Point de réglage. The most conspicuous part of the target, upon which ranging is carried out.—Point de point age. Aiming point (dial sight).—Point de repére. Reference point in foreground of battery. Ruling point of a sketch, map, etc.—Point géodésique (point trigonométrique). Triangulation point (in a survey).—Point perdu. Provisional or temporary ruling point, abandoned in later work.—Point de départ. Point from which a line of fire is laid out by survey officers (heavy artillery). Point of departure, starting point (generally)—Point de réglage auxiliaire. See Réglage. Point d’’appui (see below).—Point fixe. Fixed point.— Point de pa age. Cro over (on railway). Point of pa age (over river, etc.).—Point de pa age obligé. Bridge, defile, etc., by which enemy or own troops are compelled to pa .— Point de conversion. Pivot of wheel. Point initial. Starting-point (in march technics),—Point initial intermédiaire. Starting-point a igned by a unit of a column for its own sub-units.—Point de dislocation. Point at which marching column disperses to billets —Point de ras semble ment (de ralliement). Alarm-post (in billets).— Point de ras semble ment des ble és. Collecting station. —Point de ras semble ment des pri on i ers. Divisional collecting station for prisoners of war.—Point de prem iére destination. Rendezvous (M.T. supply column).—Point de contact. Point of contact, refilling point (supply column to trains).—Point de dislocation. Forward refilling point of corps ammunition park.—Point de stationnement. Rear refilling point of corps ammunition park.—Point de soudure (see Soudure).—Point de raccordement. Junction of Army telegraph lines with the lines of the group of armies.—Point d’eau. Point of water supply.—Rond point. Siding. Cut in trench round a fallen-in revetment. Point observé. Ship’s position by observations.—Point corrigé. Ship’s position corrected. Point estimé. Position by dead reckoning.—Faire le point. To work out the ship’s position.—Point vélique. Centre of effort (theory of sailing). —Point journalier. Day’s work (navigation).—Point d’arrivée. Point sailed for. Mettre au point (see Mettre and Mise).—Point-virgule. Semi-colon.—Point de suspension. Dots marking a break off of thought (...)—Point d’interrogation, d’exclamation. Question mark, exclamation mark.—Deux-points. Colon.—Point de fusion. Melting point, fusing point.— Point d’ébull it i on, d’évapor at i on. Boiling, vaporising point.—Point de froid (de congélati on). Freezing point. —Point de liquéfaction. Liquifying point.—Point-mort. Dead-point.—Point de rosée. Dew point.—Point cardinal. Cardinal point of the compa .—Point de bifurcation. Fork. Point du jour. Dawn.—Point de cété. Stitch in the side. Point matériel. Point at which effect of weight (in mechanics) is supposed to be concentrated.—Point de sustentation. Point of support (machine design).—Au point de vue abri. From the point of view of cover. [p.447]