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point

In geometry, a basic element, whose position in the Cartesian system may be determined by its coordinates.

Mathematicians have had great difficulty in defining the point, as it has no size, and is only the place where two lines meet. According to the Greek mathematician Euclid, (i) a point is that which has no part; (ii) the straight line is the shortest distance between two points.



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As Carthoris alone knew the hidden ways of the tunnels we could not divide the party and attack the temple at several points at once as would have been most desirable, and so it was decided that he lead us all as quickly as possible to a point near the temple's centre.
The point in discussion was the question then in vogue: Is there a line to be drawn between psychological and physiological phenomena in man?
And certainly there is a great difference, between a cunning man, and a wise man; not only in point of honesty, but in point of ability.
 
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