Pointing
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Pointing may refer to:
- Pointing, the hand gesture (see List of gestures)
- Pointing, the external part of the mortar between bricks in walling (see repointingRepointingRepointing is the process of renewing the pointing in masonry construction. Over time, weathering and decay cause voids in the joints between masonry units , allowing the undesirable entrance of water. Water entering through these voids can cause significant damage through frost weathering and...
) - The position accuracy of the optical axisOptical axisAn optical axis is a line along which there is some degree of rotational symmetry in an optical system such as a camera lens or microscope.The optical axis is an imaginary line that defines the path along which light propagates through the system...
(boresight) of a directional antenna - The process of adding vowel points to an abjad consonantal alphabet, called niqqud in Hebrew and harakatHarakatThe Arabic script has numerous diacritics, including ijam ⟨⟩ , and tashkil ⟨⟩...
in Arabic - The process of distinguishing consonants with points, called dagesh in Hebrew and i'jam in Arabic