GoldfishLord
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You have circled the tip of each knife. The point is not just the last few atoms at the tip of the knife. It must have some length to be the point of a knife. And that length is narrow, like the top illustration in #5 above.
It seems you may be thinking that the word point, as used in geometry, for example, where two lines cross, is the meaning outside geometry because you saked if it meant "dot". In geometry yes, in other uses, no: it's the shape leading to and defining the end that is included in the meaning of point.
Source: https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/narrow-point.4030254/#post-20685614
I think that "the word point is the meaning outside geometry" is not well written and that the word point can't be the meaning.
What do you say?
It seems you may be thinking that the word point, as used in geometry, for example, where two lines cross, is the meaning outside geometry because you saked if it meant "dot". In geometry yes, in other uses, no: it's the shape leading to and defining the end that is included in the meaning of point.
Source: https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/narrow-point.4030254/#post-20685614
I think that "the word point is the meaning outside geometry" is not well written and that the word point can't be the meaning.
What do you say?
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