pointing

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈpɔɪntɪŋ/

Noun

countable uncountable collective proscribed singular sometimes usually

The action of the verb to point. / The filling of joints in brickwork or masonry with mortar.

Japanese Meaning

「指さす行為」、すなわち指差す動作を表す。 / レンガ積みや石積みにおける、モルタルで継ぎ目を埋める作業またはその仕上げを指す。

What is this buttons?

His constant pointing during the presentation distracted everyone.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼のプレゼンテーション中の指差す癖が皆の注意をそらした。

Details

Sense（1）

The action of the verb to point.

For the sake of convenience, we may call these pointings or signifyings the secondary phase of meaning.

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Sense（2）

The filling of joints in brickwork or masonry with mortar.

The necessary works were extensive and included replacing missing and damaged slates and other roof repairs (in order to make the building watertight), pointing and drainpipe replacement, and extensive replacement of rotten floorboarding.

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Sense（3）

(usually singular or collective, sometimes proscribed) Mortar that has been placed between bricks to hold them together.

Sense（4）

The act or art of punctuating; punctuation.

Sense（5）

The rubbing off of the point of the wheat grain in the first process of high milling.

Sense（6）

(art) The act or process of measuring, at the various distances from the surface of a block of marble, the surface of a future piece of statuary; also, a process used in cutting the statue from the artist's model.

pointings

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