point system

1. A system of evaluating academic achievement based on grade points.

2. Any of various printing or writing systems for the blind, such as Braille, that use an alphabet of raised symbols or dots that correspond to letters.

3. Printing A system of graduating sizes of type in multiples of the point.

4. A system of penalizing drivers of motor vehicles for traffic violations by assigning points for each type of violation and revoking the driver's license if a certain number of points are accrued.

point system

1. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) Printing a system of measurement using the point (see sense 21) as its unit

2. (Social Science / Education) a system for evaluation of achievement, as in education or industry, based on awarding points

3. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) any system of writing or printing, such as Braille, that uses protruding dots

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Noun	1.	point system - a system of evaluation based on awarding points according to rules didactics, education, educational activity, instruction, pedagogy, teaching - the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill; "he received no formal education"; "our instruction was carefully programmed"; "good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded" manufacture, industry - the organized action of making of goods and services for sale; "American industry is making increased use of computers to control production" system of rules, system - a complex of methods or rules governing behavior; "they have to operate under a system they oppose"; "that language has a complex system for indicating gender"
	2.	point system - a system of graduating sizes of type in multiples of the point system of measurement, metric - a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic
	3.	point system - a system of writing or printing using patterns of raised dots that can be read by touch orthography, writing system - a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols braille - a point system of writing in which patterns of raised dots represent letters and numerals

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Braille didactics education educational activity industry instruction manufacture metric mimic panel orthography pedagogy point Point system of type bodies pointlessness points system system system of measurement system of rules teaching	Telefonica Blue's Dutch skipper Bouwe Bekking suggested Thursday that this point system be changed by reducing the number of points awarded to winners of the in-port races. Spain's Telefonica Blue leads Volvo yacht race by AFP / AFP Global Edition When you are looking for a way to make sure that your computer will run at the level at which you need it to, make sure that you stop and take a look at the PC On Point System Registry Cleaner and ensure that you know what it can do for you. A Review of PC on Point System Registry Cleaner by Brian Garvin / Computers and Internet community 12 Kyodo The farm ministry is deliberating on a plan to introduce a reward point system for consumers purchasing domestically produced food with a view to enhancing Japan's food self-sufficiency, ministry officials said Tuesday. Gov't mulling reward system for consumers buying domestic food by Japan Weekly Monitor	point of apoapsis Point of concurrence Point of contrary flexure point of departure point of entry point of honor point of honour point of impact point of inflection point of intersection point of no return point of order point of periapsis point of presence point of reference point of sale Point of sight point of view point off point out Point paper point source point spread Point Success Point switch point system Point system of type Point system of type bodies point target point the way point up point woman point-and-click point-and-shoot point-and-shoot camera point-blank Point-blank range Point-blank shot point-by-point point-device point-of-sale point-of-sale terminal point-shaving point-to-point point-to-point sealift Pointal pointe Pointe aux Trembles pointe shoe Pointe-à-Pitre Pointe-Noire	Point Source Audio Point Source Catalogue point source epidemic point source epidemic point source epidemic point source epidemic point source epidemic Point Source Modeling Point Source Monitoring Point source mutations Point source mutations Point source mutations Point Source Spectral Content Point Source Transmission Point Source/Point Lens point sources point sources point sources point spectrum point spread Point spread function Point Spread Functions point spreads Point State Park Point State Park, Pennsylvania Point Success Point Successive Over Relaxation Point Sur State Historic Park Point switch Point symmetry point system Point system of type Point system of type bodies point systems point target point target Point Target Ellipse Point Target Weapon System Point Tender point the finger at point the way point the way Point Therapeutics Point Time Series File point to point to point to as point to be settled Point to Discover Point to Multi-Point Point to multipoint Point to point Point to point Point to point Point to point communications Point to point communications Point to Point Data Link Point to Point Over the Ethernet Point to point protocol Point to point protocol Point to Point Switching

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didactics
education
educational activity
industry
instruction
manufacture
metric
mimic panel
orthography
pedagogy
point
Point system of type bodies
pointlessness
points system
system
system of measurement
system of rules
teaching

Telefonica Blue's Dutch skipper Bouwe Bekking suggested Thursday that this point system be changed by reducing the number of points awarded to winners of the in-port races.

Spain's Telefonica Blue leads Volvo yacht race by AFP / AFP Global Edition

When you are looking for a way to make sure that your computer will run at the level at which you need it to, make sure that you stop and take a look at the PC On Point System Registry Cleaner and ensure that you know what it can do for you.

A Review of PC on Point System Registry Cleaner by Brian Garvin / Computers and Internet community

12 Kyodo The farm ministry is deliberating on a plan to introduce a reward point system for consumers purchasing domestically produced food with a view to enhancing Japan's food self-sufficiency, ministry officials said Tuesday.

Gov't mulling reward system for consumers buying domestic food by Japan Weekly Monitor

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Point Target Weapon System
Point Tender
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Point Therapeutics
Point Time Series File
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Point to point communications
Point to point communications
Point to Point Data Link
Point to Point Over the Ethernet
Point to point protocol
Point to point protocol
Point to Point Switching