A point which serves as a reference or base for the measurement of other quantities.

plural of point of order

(politics) A motion calling attention to a breach of order of the rules.

plural of reference point

plural of point mass

plural of hypercritical point

plural of point mutation

(engineering) A point on an engineering drawing that has been added to make the layout of the part easier. It is usually the intersection of the tangent lines of a curve.

plural of breakdown point

(programming) In aspect-oriented programming, a point at which advice (additional code) is triggered (a set of these constituting a pointcut).