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pointel

The English word “pointel” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A sharp instrument; any sharp-pointed thing.
  2. Any of the eight vertices of a voxel.

Etymology

From Old French [Term?], from Latin punctillum (“a little point”). Cognate with Spanish puntilla (“tiptoe; small dagger used in bullfighting”). Doublet of pontil.

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