Anything that points or is used for pointing. / A teacher's pointer, pointing stick, a rod with an arrow.

plural of pointer

A surname.

plural of Pointer

A device that emits a highly concentrated beam of light to highlight items of interest at some distance

(computing) A pointer that does not point to any data object.

A pointer or torch/flashlight powered by a battery that may be recharged by shaking.

(programming) A pointer (variable that holds the address of a memory location) that does not reference a valid object.

(soccer) A match between two teams on a similar number of points (in a league using the three points for a win system), such that the difference between a side winning and losing the match is a six-point swing relative to their opponents.

A surveyor's instrument for locating on a chart the position of a place from which the angles subtended by three distant objects, whose positions are known, have been observed.