POINT SYSTEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does point system mean? 

• POINT SYSTEM (noun)
  The noun POINT SYSTEM has 3 senses:

1. a system of evaluation based on awarding points according to rules

2. a system of graduating sizes of type in multiples of the point

3. a system of writing or printing using patterns of raised dots that can be read by touch

  Familiarity information: POINT SYSTEM used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POINT SYSTEM (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 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)

Sense 3

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)