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POINT SYSTEM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A system of evaluation based on awarding points according to rules
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("point system" is a kind of...):
system; system of rules (a complex of methods or rules governing behavior)
Domain category:
didactics; education; educational activity; instruction; pedagogy; teaching (the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill)
industry; manufacture (the organized action of making of goods and services for sale)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A system of writing or printing using patterns of raised dots that can be read by touch
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("point system" is a kind of...):
orthography; writing system (a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "point system"):
braille (a point system of writing in which patterns of raised dots represent letters and numerals)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A system of graduating sizes of type in multiples of the point
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("point system" is a kind of...):
metric; system of measurement (a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic)
