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.

Alternative form of six-pointer

plural of three-pointer

(sports) A goal or other means of scoring worth three points. / (basketball) A three-point shot; a basket made from beyond the three-point line.

Carcharodon carcharias, a species of shark.

(programming) A form of pointer with additional features such as automatic memory management or bounds checking.

plural of smart pointer

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

plural of point-to-pointer

A horse that takes part in point-to-point races.