pointlike

pointlike

English

Alternative forms

  • point-like

Etymology

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

    From point + -like.

    Adjective

    pointlike (comparative more pointlike, superlative most pointlike)

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

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