Pointing (disambiguation)

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Pointing may refer to:

  • Pointing, the hand gesture
    • Pointing, a hand signal in the sport of pickleball indicating the ball is out
  • Ostensive definition
  • 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, such as niqqud in Hebrew and harakat in Arabic
  • The process of distinguishing consonants with points, called dagesh in Hebrew and i'jam in Arabi
  • In dated language, punctuation
  • In sung psalmody, various methods of marking melodic inflections of Gregorian psalm tones and Anglican chants

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