Pointing

Pointing may refer to:

  • Pointing, the hand gesture (see List of gestures)
  • Pointing, the external part of the mortar between bricks in walling (see repointing)
  • Pointing, the characteristic stance of pointing breeds of dogs used for hunting
  • The position accuracy of the optical axis (boresight) of a directional antenna
  • The process of adding vowel points to an abjad consonantal alphabet, called niqqud in Hebrew and harakat in Arabic
  • The process of distinguishing consonants with points, called dagesh in Hebrew and i'jam in Arabic

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Famous quotes containing the word pointing:

    And pointing to his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers!
    Bible: New Testament, Matthew 12:49.

    Jesus.

    The young ... look into visages dull-eyed, long-toothed, wattle-necked, and chop-fallen, something they have never been and which they cannot imagine ever being.... If it occurs to a young person, looking at us, that this is the direction in which he himself travels, how can he forgive, let alone bear the sight of, us, who constantly bring him the bad news of our own faces, bitter signposts pointing to his own destination?
    Jessamyn West (1902–1984)

    Do you know what Agelisas said, when he was asked why the great city of Lacedomonie was not girded with walls? Because, pointing out the inhabitants and citizens of the city, so expert in military discipline and so strong and well armed: “Here,” he said, “are the walls of the city,” meaning that there is no wall but of bones, and that towns and cities can have no more secure nor stronger wall than the virtue of their citizens and inhabitants.
    François Rabelais (1494–1553)