"hit point" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-hit point.ogg [Australia] Forms: hit points [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} hit point (plural hit points)
  1. (chiefly roleplaying games) A unit of damage, used to specify the amount of damage a character or object can withstand before it is defeated or destroyed. Categories (topical): Role-playing games Synonyms: HP [initialism], health point, life point Translations (A unit of damage): 生命值 (sang¹ ming⁶ jik⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 生命值 (shēngmìngzhí) (Chinese Mandarin), 血量 (xuèliàng) (Chinese Mandarin), raakpunt [neuter] (Dutch), elämäpiste (Finnish), point de vie [masculine] (French), Lebenspunkt [masculine] (German), Trefferpunkt [masculine] (German), επίπεδο ζωής (epípedo zoḯs) [neuter] (Greek), líf [neuter, uncountable] (Icelandic), punto danno [masculine] (Italian), ヒットポイント (hitto pointo) (Japanese), очки здоровья (očki zdorovʹja) [neuter, plural, uncountable] (Russian), punto de resistencia [masculine] (Spanish), punto de vida [masculine] (Spanish), punto de golpeo [masculine] (Spanish), punto de salud [masculine] (Spanish), can (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-hit_point-en-noun-N2W9xfy0 Disambiguation of 'A unit of damage': 97 3
  2. (computer graphics) In ray tracing, the point in a scene at which a ray strikes an object. Categories (topical): Computer graphics Synonyms: hitpoint Translations (raytracing): Auftreffpunkt [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-hit_point-en-noun-YCscrjS4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Topics: computer-graphics, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'raytracing': 9 91

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