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Pointing may refer to:

• Pointing, the hand gesture
  • Pointing, a hand signal in the sport of pickleball indicating the ball is out
• Ostensive definition
• Pointing, the external part of the mortar between bricks in walling (see repointing)
• Pointing, the characteristic stance of pointing breeds of dogs used for hunting
• The position accuracy of the optical axis (boresight) of a directional antenna
• The process of adding vowel points to an abjad consonantal alphabet, such as niqqud in Hebrew and harakat in Arabic
• The process of distinguishing consonants with points, called dagesh in Hebrew and i'jam in Arabi
• In dated language, punctuation
• In sung psalmody, various methods of marking melodic inflections of Gregorian psalm tones and Anglican chants

See also

• Poynting (disambiguation)
• Point (disambiguation)
• Pointer (disambiguation)