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Pinpoint   /pˈɪnpˌɔɪnt/   Listen
Pinpoint

verb
1.
Locate exactly.  Synonym: nail.  "The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome"
noun
1.
A very brief moment.
2.
A very small spot.  Synonym: speck.
3.
The sharp point of a pin.





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"Pinpoint" Quotes from Famous Books



... single thing about them that he could pinpoint, but the beasts just didn't look right. Dodeth Pell had seen many monstrous animals in his life, ...
— The Asses of Balaam • Gordon Randall Garrett
... the pinpoint of light that from the craggy desolation of the moon stabs out man's old ...
— The Finding of Haldgren • Charles Willard Diffin
... an excited, squeaky chattering. Rodents in pursuit. Looking back, he saw the pinpoint gleams of countless little eyes. Yes, he might as well be an exile on another planet—so changed ...
— The Eternal Wall • Raymond Zinke Gallun
... And, indeed, it is the surprises in nature, rather than the things that one foresees, that are the pleasantest—especially if one is easily surprised, as I am. Whoever ceases to be surprised, for instance, by the sight of a goldcrested wren? I heard its tiny pinpoint of voice last Sunday afternoon when I was walking past a plantation where the bullace was in flower, and, on looking into the trees, saw the little thimble-sized creature making free with invisible insects—his beak ...
— The Pleasures of Ignorance • Robert Lynd
... even more advanced skills. I am aware to a greater extent than any of you of the latent power that is developing—has developed—in this group. Tonight, for the first time, that power will be focused, drawn down to a pinpoint, to accomplish one task. ...
— Ham Sandwich • James H. Schmitz


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