points

  1. Noun.  (plural of, point) .
  2. Noun.  (rail transport, British) Movable rails which can be used to switch a train from one railway track to another.
  3. Noun.  (automotive) The two metal surfaces in a distributor which close or open to allow current to flow or not through the ignition coil. Each surface is called a point singular (there's usually a movingpointwhich is pushed by the distributor cam and a fixedpointwhich isn't), but they're made together in a unit and serviced or replaced that way and are hence normally called points plural.
  4. Verb.  (third-person singular of, point) .

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