(mathematics) The character used to separate the integer and fractional part of a number in a digital representation of a number, regardless of the base used.

(astrophysics, orbital mechanics) A point in an orbital configuration of a two-body system where a small object affected only by gravity can theoretically be stationary relative to the two larger objects.

(astrophysics) Alternative form of Lagrange point

(astrophysics) the L4 and L5 Lagrange points of the Sun-Jupiter orbital configuration / (astrophysics) by extension, any L4 and L5 Lagrange points

(statistics, of an estimator) The number or proportion of arbitrarily large or small extreme values that must be introduced into a batch or sample to cause the estimator to yield an arbitrarily large result.

(topology, "of" a subset of a topological space) Given a subset S of a topological space X, a point x whose every neighborhood contains at least one point distinct from x that belongs to S.

the stage at which saturation is reached, when something can take no more.

simple past tense and past participle of get to the point

present participle of get to the point

To fail to grasp the meaning of an utterance or situation.