"pointel" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: pointels [plural]
Etymology: From Old French [Term?], from Latin punctillum (“a little point”). Cognate with Spanish puntilla (“tiptoe; small dagger used in bullfighting”). Doublet of pontil. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|}} Old French [Term?], {{der|en|la|punctillum||a little point}} Latin punctillum (“a little point”), {{cog|es|puntilla||tiptoe; small dagger used in bullfighting}} Spanish puntilla (“tiptoe; small dagger used in bullfighting”), {{doublet|en|pontil}} Doublet of pontil Head templates: {{en-noun}} pointel (plural pointels)
  1. A sharp instrument; any sharp-pointed thing.
    Sense id: en-pointel-en-noun-PPozYpJf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 76 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Forms: pointels [plural]
Etymology: Blend of point + voxel Etymology templates: {{blend|en|point|voxel}} Blend of point + voxel Head templates: {{en-noun}} pointel (plural pointels)
  1. (computer graphics) Any of the eight vertices of a voxel.
    Sense id: en-pointel-en-noun-82hRiAPJ Categories (other): Computer graphics, English blends Disambiguation of English blends: 35 65 Topics: computer-graphics, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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