Any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass. There may be 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, or even 128 compass points on a compass, depending on its size and accuracy.

(basketball) A guard who is usually the shortest of the five basketball positions, and specializes in handling the ball, distributing it to the other players and generally running the team's offense.

(mathematics) A point on a curve where the gradient is zero. This point can be a maximum, a minimum, or a point of inflection.

The symbol !; an exclamation mark. / (figuratively) An elongated shape like an exclamation point.

(mathematical analysis) Of two mappings, a point in the domain of both mappings that has same image under both.

(physics, chemistry) the pH of a colloidal suspension or of an ampholyte at which the solute does not move in an electrophoretic field; symbol pI

(forensics) Very close; not touching but not more than a few metres (yards).

(mathematics) a point on a curve at which the sign of the curvature changes; at this point the second derivative of the underlying function will be zero, but positive on one side and negative on the other.

A wall socket by which electricity is provided to electrical devices.

A decisive point at which a significant change or historical event occurs, or at which a decision must be made. / (calculus) A maximum or minimum on a graph. / A crossroads. / A T-junction.