pointing

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The action of the verb to point.
2. (countable, uncountable) The filling of joints in brickwork or masonry with mortar.
3. (collective, countable, proscribed, singular, sometimes, uncountable, usually) Mortar that has been placed between bricks to fill the gap.
4. (countable, uncountable) The act or art of punctuating; punctuation.
5. (countable, uncountable) The rubbing off of the point of the wheat grain in the first process of high milling.
6. (countable, uncountable) The act or process of measuring, at the various distances from the surface of a block of marble, the surface of a future piece of statuary; also, a process used in cutting the statue from the artist's model.
7. (uncountable) In Anglican chant:
8. (countable) In Anglican chant:
9. (countable, uncountable) Synonym of nikud.

Verb

present participle and gerund of point

point

• Noun
• Verb
• Verb

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Concepts

pointage

raccord

jointoiement

Synonymes

indicating

showing

punctuation

directing

sharpening

ding

direction

directive

edged

forefinger

gesture

guiding

hint

impulse

indicate

indication

indicative

instruct

instruction

jointing

laying

pilot

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prescribe

prompting

sight

stopping

teaching

home on

indicatrix

marking-out

a hint in words.

metal pointing

pointing joint

acquiring

homing on

aim

collimate

coordinate

demonstrative

Traductions

الإشارة

تصويب

تسديد

كحل

auf hinweisend

hinweisend auf

στίξη

puntamento

punctuatie

terem vista

apunte

puntería

işaret etme

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈpɔɪntɪŋ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From point + -ing.