(mathematics) A point in the domain of a mathematical function at which the second derivative of the function is either zero or undefined.

(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.

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

(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.

(databases) In a DBMS, a point in time at which all updates to a database, or group of records in a database, are guaranteed to have been written to disk, and the journal or log records of that action have also been so committed. Future updates may be undone to that point if necessary.

(idiomatic) right now, or in the near and foreseeable future

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.

(mathematics, catastrophe theory) The point at which a slow, reversible change becomes irreversible, often with dramatic consequences.

Alternative form of floating point.