(idiomatic) A disputed issue or state of affairs that causes an interruption or outright impasse in progress towards some goal or resolution, especially in negotiation or argumentation.

An issue that is subject to, or open for, discussion or debate, to which no satisfactory answer is found; originally, one to be definitively determined by an assembly of the people.

The distance between a gun and a target such that it requires minimal effort in aiming it. In particular no allowance needs to be made for effects of gravity, target movement or wind in aiming the projectile.

Horizontally (as the angle at which a projectile is launched); directly or straight (at the target). / (idiomatic) Directly; bluntly; without pretense or caution.

A position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint. / An attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs. / (literary theory) The perspective from which a narrative is related.

(typography) A period/full stop ⟨.⟩ or middot ⟨·⟩ used to set off the decimal or fractional part of a number. / (typography, inexact) Any decimal mark, inclusive of commas, separatrices, etc.

(cricket, lacrosse) a fielding position between cover and point, about 15° forward of square; a fielder in this position.

(cricket) A fielding position on the off side, square of the batsman's wicket and near the boundary / (cricket) a fielder in that position.

(physics, chemistry) The temperature at which a liquid boils, with the vapor pressure equal to the given external pressure. / (idiomatic) The state of being heated, with high aggression.

A place or position affording a good view. / A point of view; perspective; outlook; standpoint. / (photography) A camera angle.