punct

punct (plural puncts)

1. (archaic) A point.
   • 1919, Alfred North Whitehead, An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Natural Knowledge, page 119:

     Puncts on a rect have an order which is derivative from the order of moments in a time-system and which connects the orders of various time-systems.

Borrowed from Latin pūnctum (18th century). Cf. also the doublet pont, which arrived through the intermediate of Hungarian.

• IPA^(key): /punkt/

punct n (plural puncte)

1. point
2. dot, period
3. degree, extent
4. point of view (punct de vedere).

• puncta
• punctaj
• punctual