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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

pointlike en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English point Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English pointlike From point + -like.

Meanings

  1. Resembling a point
  2. Having dimensions too small to be measured, or so small that it may be regarded as a point

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more pointlike Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most pointlike Degree=Sup lexicographic
point-like alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

nonpointlike

Translations (1)

it puntiforme (resembling a point)