point_system has definitions from the fields of education,linguistics
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[ noun ] (education) a system of evaluation (in education or industry) based on awarding points according to rules

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(Jesse W. Grimes and Wesley Allinsmith, "Compuls...)

Final ratings were made on the basis of a point_system which was developed after studying the distributions of actual behaviors recorded and assigning weight values to each type of behavior that was deviant from the discovered norms .

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[ noun ] a system of graduating sizes of type in multiples of the point

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[ noun ] (linguistics) a system of writing or printing using patterns of raised dots that can be read by touch

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orthography Braille

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