38-561: (Redirected from Points ) For technical reasons , "Point #1" redirects here. For the studio album by Chevelle, see Point No. 1 . [REDACTED] Look up point , Points , or points in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A point is a small dot or the sharp tip of something. Point or points may refer to: Mathematics [ edit ] See also: List of mathematical properties of points Point (geometry) , an entity that has
76-608: A 2001 album by Cornelius Point #1 , a 1999 album of Chevelle Point Music , a record label Points (album) , by jazz pianist Matthew Shipp " The Points ", a 1995 single and video from the Panther soundtrack Point (Yello album) , a 2020 album by Yello "Point", a song by the American band Bright from their self-titled album Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media [ edit ] High card points , used for hand evaluation in contract bridge Le Point ,
114-415: A French weekly On Point , a radio show Point Broadcasting , a radio broadcasting company Pointe technique , a ballet technique for dancing on the tips of toes Take Point (2018), a South Korean action film Other uses [ edit ] Point (coat color) , animal fur coloration of the extremities Point (geography) , a peninsula or headland Point (surname) , a surname Make
152-400: A change in percentage absolutely Pivot point (technical analysis) , a price level of significance in analysis of a financial market that is used as a predictive indicator of market movement "Points", the term for profit sharing in the American film industry, where creatives involved in making the film get a defined percentage of the net profits or even gross receipts Royalty points ,
190-420: A demo, Chevelle played small concerts for three years until being signed to Steve Taylor 's independent Christian label Squint Entertainment . The band recorded for 17 days at Electrical Audio with producer Steve Albini , famous for his work with the likes of Nirvana , Cheap Trick , and PJ Harvey . According to Chevelle frontman Pete Loeffler , Albini gave their album an unrefined " indie feel" in which
228-505: A guide for helmsmen. Prior to the modern three-figure method of describing directions (using the 360° of a circle), the 32-point compass was used for directions on most ships, especially among European crews. The smallest unit of measure recognized was 'one point', 1/32 of a circle, or 11 + 1 ⁄ 4 °. In the mariner's exercise of "boxing the compass", all thirty-two points of the compass are named in clockwise order. This exercise became more significant as navigation improved and
266-511: A hundredth of an inch or 0.254 mm, a unit of measurement formerly used for rainfall in Australia Paris point , 2/3 cm, used for shoe sizes Points of the compass , one of the 32 directions on a traditional compass, equal to one eighth of a right angle (11.25 degrees) In typography [ edit ] Point , a unit of measurement used in printing A dot grapheme Full point Interpoint Decimal point ,
304-420: A location in space or on a plane, but has no extent; more generally, an element of some abstract topological space Point, or Element (category theory) , generalizes the set-theoretic concept of an element of a set to an object of any category Critical point (mathematics) , a stationary point of a function of an arbitrary number of variables Decimal point Point-free geometry Stationary point ,
342-661: A point in the domain of a single-valued function where the value of the function ceases to change Places [ edit ] Point, Cornwall , England, a settlement in Feock parish Point, Lewis , a peninsula in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland Point, Texas , a city in Rains County, Texas, United States Point, the NE tip and a ferry terminal of Lismore , Inner Hebrides, Scotland Points, West Virginia , an unincorporated community in
380-426: A point or come to a point, a hunting term referring to a pointing dog 's standing rigid and facing the prey On point , someone who possesses abundant and various qualities of competence, leadership or style, or to specific acts which demonstrate such qualities Point man, one who takes point (defined below) on patrol, the lookout in the commission of a crime, a defense position in ice hockey, or someone who leads
418-508: A positive review, noting how Albini helped the band "create forceful, mercurial indie rock " and added "In line with Chicago's ambitious music scene, Chevelle's challenging take on rock is also a rewarding one." Chevelle received GMA Dove Awards for the more popular song "Mia" in 2000 and "Point #1" in 2001. The album also received an award for "Hard Music Album" in 2000 by the Dove Awards. Point #1 has earned Chevelle many comparisons to
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#1732848765943456-458: A way of sharing profit between companies and unit holders Vigorish point, the commission charged on a gambling bet or loanshark's loan Measurement units [ edit ] Point (gemstone) , 2 milligrams, or one hundredth of a carat Point, in hunting, the number of antler tips on the hunted animal (e.g. 9 point buck) Point, for describing paper-stock thickness , a synonym of mil and thou (one thousandth of an inch) Point,
494-410: Is " Quarto di Tramontana verso Greco "; and northeast-by-north is " Quarto di Greco verso Tramontana ". The table below shows how the 32 compass points are named. Each point has an angular range of 11 + 1 ⁄ 4 degrees where the azimuth midpoint is the horizontal angular direction (clockwise from north) of the given compass bearing; minimum is the lower (counterclockwise) angular limit of
532-414: Is "Greco-Levante"; SSE is "Ostro-Scirocco", etc. The quarter winds are expressed with an Italian phrase, " Quarto di X verso Y" ( pronounced [ˈkwarto di X ˈvɛrso Y ] one quarter from X towards Y), or "X al Y" (X to Y) or "X per Y" (X by Y). There are no irregularities to trip over; the closest principal wind always comes first, the more distant one second, for example: north-by-east
570-607: Is composed by Chevelle Chevelle Production Points of the compass The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths ) used in navigation and cartography . A compass rose is primarily composed of four cardinal directions — north , east , south , and west —each separated by 90 degrees , and secondarily divided by four ordinal (intercardinal) directions—northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest—each located halfway between two cardinal directions. Some disciplines such as meteorology and navigation further divide
608-523: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Point No. 1 Point #1 is the debut studio album by the American rock band Chevelle , released on May 4, 1999. It is the only Chevelle album released by Squint Entertainment and their only collaboration with producer Steve Albini . The album featured a notable single in its title track but achieved only minor success, especially compared to Chevelle's major label follow-up in 2002. After recording
646-628: The Middle Ages (with no obvious connection to the twelve classical compass winds of the ancient Greeks and Romans). The traditional mariner's wind names were expressed in Italian , or more precisely, the Italianate Mediterranean lingua franca common among sailors in the 13th and 14th centuries, which was principally composed of Genoese ( Ligurian ), mixed with Venetian , Sicilian , Provençal , Catalan , Greek , and Arabic terms from around
684-474: The clockwise direction and "CCW" counterclockwise . The final three columns show three common naming conventions: No "by" avoids the use of "by" with fractional points. Colour coding shows whether each of the three naming systems matches the "CW" or "CCW" column. The traditional compass rose of eight winds (and its 16-wind and 32-wind derivatives) was invented by seafarers in the Mediterranean Sea during
722-511: The 32-wind compass rose comes from the eight principal winds, eight half-winds, and sixteen quarter-winds combined, with each compass point at an 11 + 1 ⁄ 4 ° angle from the next. By the middle of the 18th century, the 32-point system had been further extended by using half- and quarter-points to give a total of 128 directions. These fractional points are named by appending, for example, 1 / 4 east, 1 / 2 east, or 3 / 4 east to
760-544: The Mediterranean basin. This Italianate patois was used to designate the names of the principal winds on the compass rose found in mariners' compasses and portolan charts of the 14th and 15th centuries. The traditional names of the eight principal winds are: Local spelling variations are far more numerous than listed, e.g. Tramutana, Gregale, Grecho, Sirocco, Xaloc, Lebeg, Libezo, Leveche, Mezzodi, Migjorn, Magistro, Mestre, etc. Traditional compass roses will typically have
798-489: The United States Business and finance [ edit ] Point (loyalty program) , a type of virtual currency in common use among mercantile loyalty programs, globally Point (mortgage) , a percentage sometimes referred to as a form of pre-paid interest used to reduce interest rates in a mortgage loan Basis point , 1/100 of one percent, denoted bp , bps , and ‱ Percentage points , used to measure
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#1732848765943836-491: The United States Navy to box from north and south toward east and west, with the exception that divisions adjacent to a cardinal or inter-cardinal point are always referred to that point." The Royal Navy used the additional "rule that quarter points were never read from a point beginning and ending with the same letter." Compass roses very rarely named the fractional points and only showed small, unlabelled markers as
874-434: The album's title track has remained a common part of the band's concert set list. Nevertheless, the band's major label debut, Wonder What's Next , has since been regarded by the band as their "first" album. Chevelle toured with various alternative metal bands to promote their debut album. This would influence their shift to a heavier sound on future albums. Albini and an aspiring comedian named Fred Armisen starred in
912-502: The band's Point #1 EPK (electronic press kit)—several years before Armisen became famous on Saturday Night Live . A year after the album's debut, a single was released in the title track which landed a marginal spot on the Mainstream Rock chart and had an accompanying music video. "Mia" had also been released as a single the year prior. It also had a video. Critical reception for Point #1 varied. Heather Phares of AllMusic gave
950-709: The compass point; and maximum is the upper (clockwise) angular limit of the compass point. Navigation texts dating from the Yuan , Ming , and Qing dynasties in China use a 24-pointed compass with named directions. These are based on the twelve Earthly Branches , which also form the basis of the Chinese zodiac. When a single direction is specified, it may be prefaced by the character 單 (meaning single) or 丹 . Headings mid-way in-between are compounds as in English. For instance, 癸子 refers to
988-486: The compass with additional azimuths. Within European tradition, a fully defined compass has 32 "points" (and any finer subdivisions are described in fractions of points). Compass points or compass directions are valuable in that they allow a user to refer to a specific azimuth in a colloquial fashion, without having to compute or remember degrees. The names of the compass point directions follow these rules: In summary,
1026-784: The defense of a political position Point mutation , a change in a single nucleotide Take point (or walk point, be on point, or be a point man), to be the lead, and likely most vulnerable, soldier, vehicle, or unit in a combat military formation Point University , West Point, Georgia See also [ edit ] Endpoint (disambiguation) Lapointe (disambiguation) , also Lepoint/La Pointe/Le Point Midpoint (disambiguation) Point Lookout (disambiguation) Pointing (disambiguation) Points system (disambiguation) Start Point (disambiguation) The Point (disambiguation) Tipping point (disambiguation) All pages with titles beginning with Point All pages with titles containing Point Topics referred to by
1064-444: The final product. Although they enjoyed working with him, Chevelle wanted to find a different producer to resolve the issue; however, their label gave them no choice but to work with Albini once again. The second phase of recording was, according to Loeffler, much more laid back and relaxed in which Albini "really opened up." Largely thanks to Albini's influence, Point #1 is notably less intense than future Chevelle material; however,
1102-474: The front; e.g., two points to starboard is 2:00 Points of sail , a sailing boat's course in relation to wind direction Point system (driving) , a system of demerits for driving offenses Projectile point , a hafted archaeological artifact used as a knife or projectile tip Public Oregon Intercity Transit , styled POINT, a public transit system Arts, entertainment, and media [ edit ] Music [ edit ] Point (Cornelius album) ,
1140-524: The half- and quarter-point system increased the number of directions to include in the 'boxing'. Points remained the standard unit until switching to the three-figure degree method. These points were also used for relative measurement, so that an obstacle might be noted as 'two points off the starboard bow', meaning two points clockwise of straight ahead, 22 + 1 ⁄ 2 ° This relative measurement may still be used in shorthand on modern ships, especially for handoffs between outgoing and incoming helmsmen, as
1178-399: The initials T, G, L, S, O, L, P, and M on the main points. Portolan charts also colour-coded the compass winds: black for the eight principal winds, green for the eight half-winds, and red for the sixteen quarter-winds. Each half-wind name is simply a combination of the two principal winds that it bisects, with the shortest name usually placed first, for example: NNE is "Greco-Tramontana"; ENE
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1216-400: The location of an ice hockey player Technology and transport [ edit ] Point, a data element in a SCADA system representing a single input or output Points, a contact breaker in an ignition system Points, a railroad switch (British English) Points, the clock position of an object seen from a moving vessel or aircraft on an imaginary horizontal clock with 12:00 at
1254-408: The loss of granularity is less significant than the brevity and simplicity of the summary. The table below shows how each of the 128 directions are named. The first two columns give the number of points and degrees clockwise from north. The third gives the equivalent bearing to the nearest degree from north or south towards east or west. The "CW" column gives the fractional-point bearings increasing in
1292-428: The mark used to separate an integer from a decimal part Sports [ edit ] Point (American football) Point (basketball) Point (ice hockey) Point (pickleball) Point (tennis) Point, fielding (cricket) Point, in sports Score Point guard , in basketball Points (association football) Points decision , in boxing and some other fighting sports The point (ice hockey) ,
1330-404: The name of one of the 32 points. Each of the 96 fractional points can be named in two ways, depending on which of the two adjoining whole points is used, for example, N 3 / 4 E is equivalent to NbE 1 / 4 N. Either form is easily understood, but alternative conventions as to correct usage developed in different countries and organisations. "It is the custom in
1368-496: The recording process was essentially "plug in, he hits record, and you play." Loeffler added, "At the time I was shocked talking to someone who had worked closely to Kurt Cobain . It was a trip. It was really cool." Point #1 was recorded in standard D with an alternative metal approach. However, the band was left unsatisfied and feeling that he didn't achieve the tones and overall sound they were looking for. They called Albini and, much to his surprise, expressed disappointment with
1406-446: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Point . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Point&oldid=1254433777 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
1444-401: The successful rock band Tool . The music video for "Mia" was, like some of Tool's videos, completely stop motion animated. Additionally, Pete Loeffler 's vocals, like those of Maynard James Keenan , range from soft and melodic to brutal and gut-wrenching. "Long", for instance, is notable for Loeffler's climactic twelve-second-long scream. All lyrics are written by Pete Loeffler ; all music
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