point system

English Thesaurus

1. a system of evaluation based on awarding points according to rules (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	system, system of rules,
definition	:	a complex of methods or rules governing behavior (noun.cognition)

domain category	:	didactics, education, educational activity, instruction, pedagogy, teaching,
definition	:	the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill (noun.act)

domain category	:	industry, manufacture,
definition	:	the organized action of making of goods and services for sale (noun.act)

2. a system of writing or printing using patterns of raised dots that can be read by touch (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	orthography, writing system,
definition	:	a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	braille,
definition	:	a point system of writing in which patterns of raised dots represent letters and numerals (noun.communication)

3. a system of graduating sizes of type in multiples of the point (noun.quantity)

hypernym	:	metric, system of measurement,
definition	:	a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic (noun.quantity)