Average (n.) That service which a tenant owed his lord, to be done by the work beasts of the tenant, as the carriage of wheat, turf, etc. |
Average (n.) A tariff or duty on goods, etc. |
Average (n.) Any charge in addition to the regular charge for freight of goods shipped. |
Average (n.) A contribution to a loss or charge which has been imposed upon one of several for the general benefit |
Average (n.) The equitable and proportionate distribution of loss or expense among all interested. |
Average (n.) A mean proportion, medial sum or quantity, made out of unequal sums or quantities |
Average (n.) Any medial estimate or general statement derived from a comparison of diverse specific cases |
Average (n.) In the English corn trade, the medial price of the several kinds of grain in the principal corn markets. |
Average (a.) Pertaining to an average or mean |
Average (a.) According to the laws of averages |
Average (v. t.) To find the mean of, when sums or quantities are unequal |
Average (v. t.) To divide among a number, according to a given proportion |
Average (v. t.) To do, accomplish, get, etc., on an average. |
Average (v. i.) To form, or exist in, a mean or medial sum or quantity |
Cover-point (n.) The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point." |
Dew-point (n.) The temperature at which dew begins to form. It varies with the humidity and temperature of the atmosphere. |
Dust-point (n.) An old rural game. |
Grade (n.) A step or degree in any series, rank, quality, order |
Grade (n.) The rate of ascent or descent |
Grade (n.) A graded ascending, descending, or level portion of a road |
Grade (n.) The result of crossing a native stock with some better breed. If the crossbreed have more than three fourths of the better blood, it is called high grade. |
Grade (v. t.) To arrange in order, steps, or degrees, according to size, quality, rank, etc. |
Grade (v. t.) To reduce to a level, or to an evenly progressive ascent, as the line of a canal or road. |
Grade (v. t.) To cross with some better breed |
Grade (n.) A harsh scraping or cutting |
Libration point (n.) any one of five points in the plane of a system of two large astronomical bodies orbiting each other, as the Earth-moon system, where the gravitational pull of the two bodies on an object are approximately equal, and in opposite directions. A solid object moving in the same velocity and direction as such a libration point will remain in gravitational equilibrium with the two bodies of the system and not fall toward either body. |
Point (v. t. & i.) To appoint. |
Point (n.) That which pricks or pierces |
Point (n.) An instrument which pricks or pierces, as a sort of needle used by engravers, etchers, lace workers, and others |
Point (n.) Anything which tapers to a sharp, well-defined termination. Specifically: A small promontory or cape |
Point (n.) The mark made by the end of a sharp, piercing instrument, as a needle |
Point (n.) An indefinitely small space |
Point (n.) An indivisible portion of time |
Point (n.) A mark of punctuation |
Point (n.) Whatever serves to mark progress, rank, or relative position, or to indicate a transition from one state or position to another, degree |
Point (n.) That which arrests attention, or indicates qualities or character |
Point (n.) Hence, the most prominent or important feature, as of an argument, discourse, etc. |
Point (n.) A small matter |
Point (n.) A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time |
Point (n.) A dot or mark distinguishing or characterizing certain tones or styles |
Point (n.) A dot placed at the right hand of a note, to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half, as to make a whole note equal to three half notes, a half note equal to three quarter notes. |
Point (n.) A fixed conventional place for reference, or zero of reckoning, in the heavens, usually the intersection of two or more great circles of the sphere, and named specifically in each case according to the position intended |
Point (n.) One of the several different parts of the escutcheon. See Escutcheon. |
Point (n.) One of the points of the compass (see Points of the compass, below) |
Point (n.) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails. See Reef point, under Reef. |
Point (n.) A a string or lace used to tie together certain parts of the dress. |
Point (n.) Lace wrought the needle |
Point (n.) A switch. |
Point (n.) An item of private information |
Point (n.) A fielder who is stationed on the off side, about twelve or fifteen yards from, and a little in advance of, the batsman. |
point after point after touchdown extra point | in American football a point awarded for a successful place kick following a touchdown |
springboard jumping-off point point of departure | a beginning from which an enterprise is launched, he uses other people's ideas as a springboard for his own, reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions, the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out |
three-point landing | a landing in which all three wheels of the aircraft touch the ground at the same time |
point duty | the control of traffic by a policeman stationed at an intersection |
three-point turn | the act of turning a vehicle around in a limited space by moving in a series of back and forward arcs |
bluepoint blue point | small edible oyster typically from the southern shore of Long Island |
blue point Siamese | Siamese cat having a bluish creamolored body and dark grey points |
grade | a variety of cattle produced by crossbreeding with a superior breed |
basic point defense missile system | a shipboard missile system |
corner street corner turning point | the intersection of two streets, standing on the corner watching all the girls go by |
diamond point | a very hard small point made from a diamond |
distributor point breaker point point | a contact in the distributor, as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs |
dry point | a steel needle for engraving without acid on a bare copper plate |
dry point | a print produced by dry point engraving |
grade separation | a crossing that uses an underpass or overpass |
gros point | needlepoint embroidery done with large stitches |
gros point | a needlepoint stitch covering two horizontal and two vertical threads |
level crossing grade crossing | intersection of a railway and a road on the same level, barriers close road when trains pass |
petit point | needlepoint done with small stitches |
petit point tent stitch | a small diagonal needlepoint stitch |
point | sharp end, he stuck the point of the knife into a tree, he broke the point of his pencil |
point power point | a wall socket |
point gunpoint | the gun muzzle's direction, he held me up at the point of a gun |
point-and-shoot camera | a lightweight photographic camera with an autofocus |
point lace needlepoint | lace worked with a needle in a buttonhole stitch on a paper pattern |
spearhead spearpoint spear-point | the head and sharpened point of a spear |
three-way switch three-point switch | an electric switch that has three terminals, used to control a circuit from two different locations |
well point wellpoint | a perforated tube driven into the ground to collect water from the surrounding area |
boiling point | being highly angry or excited, ready to boil over, after an hour of waiting I was at the boiling point |
vanishing point | the appearance of a point on the horizon at which parallel lines converge |
point spot | an outstanding characteristic, his acting was one of the high points of the movie |
point | a distinguishing or individuating characteristic, he knows my bad points as well as my good points |
selling point | a characteristic of something that is up for sale that makes it attractive to potential customers |
Curie temperature Curie point | the temperature above which a ferromagnetic substance loses its ferromagnetism and becomes paramagnetic |
dew point | the temperature at which the water vapor in the air becomes saturated and condensation begins |
flash point flashpoint | the lowest temperature at which the vapor of a combustible liquid can be ignited in air |
freezing point melting point | the temperature below which a liquid turns into a solid |
boiling point boil | the temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level, they brought the water to a boil |
grade | the gradient of a slope or road or other surface, the road had a steep grade |
point pointedness | the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip |
point of view | the spatial property of the position from which something is observed |
degree grade level | a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality, a moderate grade of intelligence, a high level of care is required, it is all a matter of degree |
grade ground level | the height of the ground on which something stands, the base of the tower was below grade |
average cost | total cost for all units bought (or produced) divided by the number of units |
forte strong suit long suit metier specialty speciality strong point strength | an asset of special worth or utility, cooking is his forte |
weak point | an attribute that is inadequate or deficient |
craniometric point | a landmark on the skull from which craniometric measurements can be taken |
auriculare auricular point | the craniometric point at the center of the opening of the external acoustic meatus |
jugale jugal point | the craniometric point at the union of the frontal and temporal processes of the zygomatic bone |
orbitale orbital point | the craniometric point at the lowest point on the lower edge of the orbit |