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6 point
1) точка2) балл, очко3) деление (шкалы); румб; лимб4) заострение, остриё, острый конец || заострять, затачивать5) полигр. пункт ( единица измерения в типографской системе мер)6) пост, пункт, место7) мыс8) наконечник9) предмет11) указывать•about a point — мат. в окрестности точки
point at infinity — мат. несобственный элемент, бесконечно удалённая точка
point covers a line — т. граф. вершина покрывает ребро
point in infinity — мат. точка в бесконечности
winding number of curve with respect to point — мат. порядок кривой относительно точки (число оборотов вектора, соединяющего данную точку с точкой кривой при обходе кривой)
right two points — мор. на два румба вправо
with a point as a center — мат. с центром в точке…
- bisecting point of a segment - conditionally stable point - division point - essentially singular point - general point - generic point - horizontal control point - infinitely remote point point - material point - minimal fixed point - negatively stable point - nonessential singular point - optimum point - piercing point of a line - point of greatest concentration - positively normal point - positively stable point - right singular point - single mass point - strongly recurrent point - strongly singular point - triply rational point - uniplanar double point - unstable nodal point - upper significance pointwith respect to point — мат. относительно точки
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7 contact
1) контакт
2) контактировать
3) контактный
4) контактовый
5) прикосновение
6) связываться
7) соприкосновение
8) установить
9) <engin.> охватываемый
10) охватывающий
11) касание
12) встреча
13) приконтактный
14) соприкасание
15) катализатор
– angle of contact
– arc of contact
– arcing contact
– auxiliary contact
– back contact
– barrier-free contact
– bayonet contact
– be in contact
– bimetallic contact
– braking contact
– break contact
– break-before-make contact
– bridge contact
– brush contact
– butt contact
– changeover contact
– close a contact
– cluster contact
– contact achromat
– contact aeration
– contact agent
– contact ammeter
– contact arm
– contact autoradiography
– contact bank
– contact binary
– contact bounce
– contact breaking
– contact by radio
– contact chatter
– contact deposit
– contact discontinuity
– contact distillation
– contact electrization
– contact electrode
– contact fault
– contact flight
– contact free
– contact gap
– contact goniometer
– contact greasing
– contact head
– contact herbicide
– contact inhibitor
– contact insecticide
– contact is poor
– contact lens
– contact light
– contact material
– contact micrometer
– contact microphone
– contact noise
– contact number
– contact pad
– contact pickup
– contact plane
– contact point
– contact pole
– contact potential
– contact printer
– contact profile
– contact recording
– contact resistance
– contact spacing
– contact stud
– contact surface
– contact tinning
– contact transformations
– contact travel
– contact window
– contact wire
– crimp contact
– dead contact
– discontinuity contact
– face up a contact
– female contact
– ferreed contact
– finger contact
– fixed contact
– floating contact
– front-release contact
– gas-tight contact
– get on for radio contact
– head-line of contact
– high contact
– hunting contact
– interrupting contact
– intimate contact
– jack-in contact
– laminated contact
– line contact
– line of contact
– load-carrying contact
– make contact
– make N O contact
– make-before-break contact
– make-make contact
– male contact
– movable contact
– non-ohmic contact
– normal contact
– ohmic contact
– optical contact
– order of contact
– point contact
– point of contact
– polarized contact
– poor contact
– pressure contact
– printed contact
– rail contact
– rectifying contact
– resetting contact
– retaining contact
– rolling contact
– self-holding contact
– sliding contact
– split contact
– surface contact
– terminate contact
– transfer contact
– use radio contact
– wiping contact
surface contact rectifier — вентиль с поверхностным контактом
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8 surface
поверхность; площадь; покрытие; поверхностныйILS obstruction clearance surface — поверхность, свободная от препятствий, в зоне захода на посадку по системе ИЛС
liquid nitrogen cooled surface — поверхность, охлаждаемая жидким азотом
obstacle clearance surface — поверхность, свободная от препятствий или с заданным превышением над препятствиями
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9 point
1) пункт
2) запятая
3) кегль
4) острие
5) острый конец
6) очко
7) расшивать
8) расшить
9) точечный
10) шпицевать
11) деление
12) <topogr.> мыс
13) точка
14) место
15) указывать
16) ставить знаки препинания
17) заострение
18) наконечник
19) предмет
20) <engin.> балл
– accessible point
– accumulation point
– adherent point
– altimetric point
– ambiguous point
– amplitude of a point
– anchoring point
– antipodal point
– at a point
– at point
– attaching point
– attachment point
– automatic set point
– barometrical point
– base point
– bending point
– binary point
– boiling point
– boundary point
– branch point
– branching point
– breaker point
– brilliant point
– burble point
– cardinal point
– center point
– check point
– chisel point
– compass-card point
– condensation point
– conjugate point
– contact point
– continuous at a point
– contraction to point
– convergence point
– corner point
– cultivator point
– Curie point
– cuspidal point
– cut point
– cutter point
– data point
– datum point
– dead point
– decimal point
– degree of point
– departure point
– dew point
– diacritical point
– diamond point
– diramation point
– discontinuity point
– divider point
– dividing point
– double point
– drill point
– east point
– enclose a point
– entry point
– equilibrium point
– equivalence point
– evaporating point
– extra-axis point
– extreme point
– finishing point
– firing point
– fix point in position
– fixed point
– flash point
– flex point
– floating point
– form point
– freezing point
– fusion point
– generic point
– glass-transition point
– glaziers' point
– gold point
– grid point
– half-power point
– hinge point
– ice formation point
– ideal point
– ignition point
– image of a point
– indication point
– infinite point
– inflection point
– initial point
– intersection point
– inverse point
– isolated point
– junction point
– labile point
– lattice point
– limit point
– linkage point
– load point
– lubrication point
– main point
– mark a point
– marker point
– mass point
– material point
– measuring point
– melting point
– mirror point
– movable point
– multiple point
– nadir point
– Neel point
– neutral point
– nodal point
– north point
– null point
– operating point
– pitch point
– point approximation
– point at infinity
– point bar
– point brilliance
– point cathode
– point conic
– point contact
– point contacts
– point corrosion
– point diode
– point disturbance
– point eikonal
– point focus
– point force
– point harmonic
– point hologram
– point in time
– point joints
– point lock
– point locking
– point mass
– point of application
– point of break
– point of connection
– point of contact
– point of control
– point of departure
– point of destination
– point of emanation
– point of inflection
– point of interpolation
– point of intersection
– point of junction
– point of lattice
– point of levelling
– point of observation
– point of osculation
– point of reference
– point of separation
– point of sight
– point of support
– point of tangency
– point of the compass
– point of tooth
– point of view
– point pile
– point radiator
– point resolution
– point scale
– point scatterer
– point set
– point source
– point spectrum
– point temperature
– point tool
– point wire
– position of a point
– power of a point
– precipitation point
– principal point
– radix point
– rail point
– ramification point
– reefing point
– reference point
– regular point
– ridge point
– saddle point
– sampling point
– saturation point
– sense point
– separation point
– sequence point
– share point
– silver point
– singing point
– singular point
– softening point
– solidification point
– spark-plug point
– spinodal point
– spiral point
– sputter point
– stagnation point
– starting point
– stationary point
– stock point
– switching point
– terminal point
– tooth point
– touch-down point
– transfer point
– transformation point
– transition point
– triangulation point
– triple point
– turning point
– umbilical point
– unit point
– up to this point
– valley point
– vanishing point
– work point
– world point
– yield point
– zenith point
azimuth of distant point — <topogr.> азимут направления на отдаленную наблюдаемую
bisecting point of a segment — <geom.> середина отрезка
control point adjustment — настройка точки регулирования, <engin.> задатчик
facing point lock — < railways> замок ригельный оконечный
fixed point computation — вычисление с фиксированной запятой
floating decimal point — <comput.> точка плавающая
including the point at infinity — включая бесконечно удаленную точку
phase separation point — <phys.> критическая точка расслаивания
point spread function — <opt.> функция аппаратная, <opt.> функция рассеяния точки
true boiling point — <phys.> температура кипения истинная
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10 point
1) точка, точка координат2) место, пункт3) положение, позиция4) степень6) резец7) остриё, острый конец8) вершина горы9) расшивать швы каменной, кирпичной кладки10) точить; заострять (напр. конец сваи)•- point of concentration - point of contraflexure - point of curve - point of cusp - point of discontinuity - point of distance - point of evaporation - point of failure - point of fault - point of fluidity - point of force - point of force application - point of high stress concentration - point of increase - point of inflection - point of load application - point of pile - point of reference - point of sight - point of support - point of switch - point of zero moment - point of zero work - actual frog point - aerodrome reference point - angular point - attachment point - balance point - bending point - bending yield point - blunt nail point - boom point - breaking point - brittle point - burning point - ceiling point - change point - changeover point - characteristic point - chisel point - condensation point - congealing point - control point - crawbar point - creep point - critical point - crossover point - cutting point - datum point - dead point - decimal point - destruction point - dew point - discharge point - distribution point - draw-off point - drip point - electric point - elevation point - evaporating point - fatigue point - fibre saturation point - fire point - fixed point - fixing point - flow point - focal point - gimlet point - groin point - hinge point - hinged point - intersection point - isolated point - isotropic point - junction point - load point - modular point - nail point - nodal point - node point - open point - panel point - picture point - plumb point - quarter point - quarter-span point - railroad point - reference point - rigid point of support - sampling point - saturation point - saw point - slinging point - stagnation point - starting point - tangent point - tie point - transit point - triangulation point - upper yield point - vanishing point - yield point - zero pointto take a point — геод. взять отметку
* * *1. точка; точка координат2. остриё || заострять3. положение; позиция4. точка отбора (газа, электроэнергии); розетка5. место; пункт6. деление шкалы7. стрелка, стрелочный перевод8. оценочный балл; интенсивность (напр. землетрясения)9. момент времени10. расшивать швы каменной [кирпичной] кладки- point of applicationpoint for which stress is to be computed — рассматриваемая точка ( сечения элемента конструкции), для которой вычисляют напряжение
- point of certainty
- point of compound curvature
- point of concentration
- point of contraflexure
- point of curvature
- point of cusp
- point of grade intersection
- point of high stress concentration
- point of inflection
- point of intersection
- point of lateral restraint
- point of support
- point of switch
- point of tangency
- point of the maximum bending moment
- point of vertical curve
- point of vertical intersection
- point of vertical tangent
- point of zero moment
- airport reference point
- angle point
- arbitrary point
- azeotropic point
- balance point
- bearing point
- bending point
- bent-up point
- blade point
- boiling point
- boom point
- Borros point
- bottom chord panel point
- break point
- catch point
- change point
- change-over point
- common point
- condensation point
- conflict point
- control point
- crowbar point
- curve-to-tangent point
- cut-in point
- cut-out point
- dew point
- draw-off point
- drive point
- driving point
- drop point
- electric point
- end switch point
- eutectic point
- firing point
- fixed point
- fixing point
- flash point
- focal point
- forced point
- freezing point
- frog point
- frost point
- fusing point
- gas point
- glazier's point
- guide point
- high stress concentration point
- hinged point
- ignition point
- intermediate point
- intersection point
- jib point
- junction point
- light point
- low point of a pipeline
- low point
- lower-chord panel point
- lower yield point
- mass point
- melting point
- movable center point
- neutral point
- nodal point
- Oslo point
- panel point
- pavement settlement point
- picture point
- pile point
- plumb point
- plus point
- principal point
- reference point
- road settlement point
- roof truss panel point
- Sampson point
- sand point
- saturation point
- saw point
- set point
- sharply defined yield point
- side point
- signal clearance point
- softening point
- starting point
- surface-hardened point
- surveying reference point
- switch point
- switch-on point
- tangent point
- tangent-to-curve point
- top-chord panel point
- transition point
- turning point
- upper chord panel point
- upper yield point
- vanishing point
- water-supply point
- wing point
- work point
- yield point -
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1) индекс, указатель || вносить в указатель; снабжать указателем2) индекс, показатель || индексировать3) коэффициент4) метка•- index of a subgroup - index of critical point - index of multiple determination - reduced ramification index -
12 point
1) точка2) остриё, острый конец || заострять4) положение; позиция; координата ( рабочего органа)5) указывать; ориентировать, наводить6) место; пункт11) ж.-д. стрелочный перевод; стрелка; остряк, перо ( стрелочного перевода)13) расшивать швы ( кладки)16) пишущий узел, пишущий элемент (ручки, карандаша)17) пищ. оценочный балл•point at infinity — бесконечно удалённая точка;to point off — отводить ( в сторону);to pass through a point — проходить через точку-
Abel flash point
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acid dew point
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actual point
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acute round needle point
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addressable point
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adherent point
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aerodrome check point
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aerodrome reference point
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agate arrestment point
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aggregative transition point
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agreed reporting point
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aiming point
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air supply breathing point
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aircraft fire point
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alternator pivot point
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anchor point
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anchorage point
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aniline point
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annealing point
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antinodal point
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aplantic points
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arch work point
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arithmetic point
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array feed point
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assumed point
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attachment point
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automatic point
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azeotropic point
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backoff point
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backward stagnation point
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balance point
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base point
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bend point
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bending yield point
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binary point
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bleeding point
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bleed point
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blow point
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blunt round needle point
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boiling point
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boundary point
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branch point
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breaker point
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break-in point
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breaking point
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brittle point
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bubble point
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bucking point
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bullet point
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burble point
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burn point
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burning point
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burnout point
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burster point
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cardinal points
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casing point
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central point
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changeover point
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characteristic point
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check point
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chemical-pinch point
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chilling point
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chisel point
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clearing point
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close spread collar point
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closed flash point
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cloud point
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cold point
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collinear points
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collocation point
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common depth point
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compass points
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concyclic points
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condensation point
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congelation point
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consolute point
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consumption point of current
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contact point
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contactor points
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control point
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control transfer point
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corona point
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correct point
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coupler pivot point
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coupling point
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critical point
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crossing point
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crossover point
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cryogen boiling point
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Curie point
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cuspidal point
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cut point
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cutoff point
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cutting point
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datum point
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dead point
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decimal point
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defined point
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delivery point
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demixing point
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dendritic point
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depth reference point
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destination point
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destruction point
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detonation point
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dew point
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dial indicator contact point
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diamond grinding point
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diamond point
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directional kickoff point
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discharge point
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dispatching point
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dispersion point
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distinct curve collar point
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distinct points
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distinguished point
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distribution point
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double point
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drain point
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draw point
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drawoff point
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driving point
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dropping point
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dry point
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dryout point
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early warning point
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edit point
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edit-in point
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edit-out point
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elevation point
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elliptic point
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emission point
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end point
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energy breakeven point
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entry point
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entry-exit points
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equal time point
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equilibrium point
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eutectic point
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exclamation point
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exhaustion end point
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exit point
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exterior point
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extraction point
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face point
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fashioning point
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fatigue point
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feeding point
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fiber saturation point
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fiducial point
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filling point
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filling-in point
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film entry point
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film leaving point
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final approach point
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final boiling point
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fine point
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fire point
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firing point
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fixed point
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flame break point
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flare point
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flash point
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flexion point
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flight reference point
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flight way point
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floating point
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floc point
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flooding point
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flow point
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flywheel dead point
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focal point
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forced open point
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forward stagnation point
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fouling point
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freeze point
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freezing point
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French point
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frontier point
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frost point
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fuel injection point
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fuel servicing point
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full point
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fusing point
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gage point
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gaging point
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gas hydrate formation point
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gas point
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geodetic point
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glazier's point
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gloss point
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grasp point
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grid point
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grouped service points
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half point
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hammer point
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hard points
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heat point
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heavy ball needle point
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heavy rounded set needle point
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heavy set needle point
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holding point
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hopper work point
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horizontal control point
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ice point
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ignition point
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image point
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impact point
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incongruent melting point
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index point
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infeed changeover point
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initial point
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injection point
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insertion point
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integral point
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intended landing point
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intercardinal point
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interception point
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intercept point
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interior point
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interlocked point
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isoelectric point
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jacking point
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junction point
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knee point
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laminar separation point
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landfall point of the storm
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last departure point
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lattice point
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leaving point
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leveling point
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level point
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lifter point
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lifting point
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lift-off point
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light ball needle point
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light rounded set needle point
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light set needle point
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limiting point
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limit point
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linking point
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load point
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loading point
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load-unload point
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long collar point
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lower yield point
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lubrication point
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machine home point
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macroyield point
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maker point
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matching point
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matrix point
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maximum power point
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measurement point
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measure point
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medium ball needle point
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melting point
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mesh point
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mid-boiling point
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mixed melting point
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movable point
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multiple point
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needle point
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neutral point
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nodal point
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node point
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noise measurement point
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normal round needle point
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observation point
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open point
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operation point
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optimum point
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panel point
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paper point
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paraffin crystallization point
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peak point
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pelerine point
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pen point
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pickup point
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piercing point
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pile stoppage point
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pinch point
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pinning point
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pitch point
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pivotal point
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pivot point
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plait point
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plow point
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point of absolute zero
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point of arrival
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point of contraflexure
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point of curve
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point of departure
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point of discontinuity
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point of distance
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point of engagement
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point of fault
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point of force application
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point of graph
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point of hook
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point of increase
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point of inflection
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point of intersection
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point of load application
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point of looper
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point of maximum
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point of minimum
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point of no return
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point of occlusion
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point of sight
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point of support
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point of tangency
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point of tree
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porous point
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pour point
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power point
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precision point
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preroll point
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primary calibration point
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principal point
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probe point
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projected peak point
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pullout point
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quadrantal point
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quarter-span point
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quarter point
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quiescent operating point
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radix point
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reaction point
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receiving point
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reentry point
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reference point
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reflection depth point
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refraction depth point
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regional heat point
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reporting point
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rerun point
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ripper point
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rounded set needle point
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saddle point
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salient point
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saturation point
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sectioning point
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set needle point
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set point
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setting point
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shot point
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sighting point
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singing point
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single defect point
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single point
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singular point
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sintering point
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slinging point
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smoke point
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softening point
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solder termination point
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solidification point
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source point
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special ball needle point
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spring point
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square collar point
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stable point
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stadia point
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stagnation point
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star point
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stationary breaker point
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stitch transfer point
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stuck point
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subsatellite point
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support point
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surveying point
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survey point
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switch point
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switching point
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takeoff point
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tangent point
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tapping point
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terminal point
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termination point
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test point
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thaw point
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thermal critical point
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thermodynamic point
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third point
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threshold point
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tie point
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toll point
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tool point
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touch point
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touchdown point
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towing point
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tow point
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trailing point
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transfer initiation point
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transfer point
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transformation point
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transit point
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transition point
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trap point
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triangulation point
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triple point
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tripping point
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true molal boiling point
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turning point
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umbilical point
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unload point
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unloading point
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upper yield point
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valley point
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vanishing point
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vertical control point
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visible point
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vitrifying point
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volumetric boiling point
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water supply point
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wax dropout point
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weight boiling point
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weight-drop point
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well point
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wiring point
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word break point
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working point
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yield point
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Y-point
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13 point
1) точка, пункт4) показывать, указывать•- adjustable point - assumed point
- base point
- binary point
- branching point
- branch point
- break point
- check point
- choice point
- commit point
- conjugate points
- connection points
- control point
- create point
- critical point
- cuspidal point
- data point
- dead point
- decimal point
- decision point
- driving point
- dump point
- end point
- entry point
- exit point
- extraordinary point
- extreme point
- fan-out point
- feasible point
- fixed point
- floating point
- focal point
- freeze point in specification
- ground control points
- homologous points
- hot point
- index point
- insertion point
- interruptable point
- invocation point
- kill point
- lattice point
- load point
- matrix point
- merge point
- mesh point
- monument point
- movable point
- node point
- noninferior point
- operating point
- parameter point
- plotted point
- point of control and observation
- point of detection
- point of discontinuity
- point of intersection
- point of no return
- point of origin
- point of sample space
- point of self-intersection
- primary entry point
- radix point
- recovery point
- reentry point
- reference point
- rerun point
- rescue point
- restart point
- return point
- rollback point
- saddle point
- sample point
- secondary entry point
- sense point
- set point
- singular point
- snap point
- source point
- stable point
- strategic check point
- substitution point
- summing point
- switching point
- test point
- transition point
- unstable point
- use point
- valley point
- vanishing point
- variable point
- via point
- well-distributed pointsEnglish-Russian dictionary of computer science and programming > point
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14 line
1) линия; черта || проводить линию; линовать2) строка; строчка3) геом. прямая4) конвейер; технологическая линия; поточная линия5) канат; трос; мор. линь6) трубопровод || прокладывать трубопровод7) футеровка; кладка || футеровать; выкладывать8) облицовка || облицовывать9) геом. ось10) очередь, хвост11) ряд; серия; линия; партия ( изделий)12) контур; очертания13) линия (связи)15) рельсовый путь16) горн. отвес ( для направления выработок)17) короткое письмо18) соосный || располагать соосно•in line — на одной линии; совмещённый; совпадающий
in line with — в соответствии с; согласующийся с
in straight lines — мат. прямолинейно
in the line of — в направлении, по направлению, вдоль, по линии
line tangent to — геом. касательная к
no lines — телефон. все линии заняты ( служебный сигнал)
plotted as a line — мат. выраженный [представленный] линией ( о функциональной зависимости)
to line up on approach lights — авиац. выходить на огни
to produce a line — геом. построить линию
to seize a line — телефон. занимать линию
- absorption spectral line - coaxial supply line - coaxial transmission lineto take in line — полигр. вгонять строку
- cut line- die line- downstream water line- end line- line of constant rotation - line of equal probability - multischedule private line - numerical line - projective line - properly parallel lines - real number line - section line - water-oil interface line - waveguide transmission line -
15 place
1) место2) положение3) помещать; размещать4) разряд; позиция5) помещать; класть; ставить•in the first place — в первую очередь, во-первых
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16 point
точка; пункт; место; ориентир; вершина, острие, конец; деление ( шкалы) ; румб ( компаса) ; показывать, указывать100 foot point — точка на высоте 100 футов (30,5 м)
35-ft height point — точка на высоте 35 футов (10,5 м) над уровнем впп
computed air release point — расчётный пункт сброса (десанта, грузов); расчётная точка сбрасывания бомб
ground pressurization test point — точка наземной проверки герметичности [герметизации]
mean point of impact — центр [средняя точка] попаданий; геометрический центр площади рассеивания (бомб)
near wake critical point — аэрд. критическая точка н ближней области следа
one point per flight — один режим на [за] полет (об испытании)
oxygen (system) charging point — точка зарядки [заправки] кислородной системы
point of thrust termination — точка прекращения работы двигателя, конец активного участка
side load reaction point — точка [узел], воспринимающая боковую нагрузку
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