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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“... education fails in so far as it does not stir in students a sharp awareness of their obligations to society and furnish at least a few guideposts pointing toward the implementation of these obligations.”
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