"plain point" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: plain points [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} plain point (plural plain points)
  1. (typography, obsolete) Synonym of full stop or period ⟨.⟩. Wikipedia link: plain point Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Punctuation marks, Typography Synonyms: full stop or period [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-plain_point-en-noun-01OXkDEz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: media, publishing, typography

Inflected forms

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