Lexic.us

Definition of Point system

1. Noun. A system of evaluation based on awarding points according to rules.

2. Noun. A system of graduating sizes of type in multiples of the point.

3. Noun. A system of writing or printing using patterns of raised dots that can be read by touch.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Point System

point of periapsis point of pride point of proximal contact point of purchase point of reference point of regard point of sail point of sale point of view point out

point projection point release point releases point source point sources point system (current term) point system test types point taken point tenderness point the bone

point the finger point the finger at point the way point up point woman pointable pointal pointblank

Literary usage of Point system

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Government Regulation of Railway Rates: A Study of the Experience of the by Hugo Richard Meyer (1905)
"The basing point system has been a tremendous * In 1901 there were living in Sydney, 36 per cent of the population of New South Wales ; in Melbourne, ..."

2. The Law of Interstate Commerce and Its Federal Regulation by Frederick Newton Judson (1912)
"The "Basing point system" not illegal.—The commission in several cases had condemned what had been called the "Basing point system" prevailing in the south. ..."

3. The Law of Interstate Commerce and Its Federal Regulation by Frederick Newton Judson (1905)
"The Commission in several cases had condemned what had been called the "Basing point system" prevailing in the south, 4 ICC R 686, 3 Int. Com. Rep. ..."

4. Bulletin by School of Mines and Metallurgy, University of Missouri (1920)
"THE point system The basis of the modern American system of type measurement is the point, which is 1-72 of an inch. Only the height of the type is measured ..."

5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"These appliances may be divided into line-cell and point-cell frames, according as the ordinary line-letter alphabet or the point system is used in writing. ..."

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