point d'appui
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.19 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A given point or body upon which troops are formed, or by which they are marched in line or column.
noun
An advantageous defensive support; a foothold.
noun
A specific note, chord, or phrase that serves as a stable reference point within a piece of music, providing harmonic or melodic grounding.
noun
noun
An anchor point against which one pushes.
Example Sentences
- "1795, Rules and Regulations for the Cavalry, Adjutant General's Office, page 364, Marched from the left, and to deployer to the left.—In which caſe the right squadron moves ſtreight forward to the point d'appui marked by the Quarter Maſter, &c. &c."
- "The attacking artillery, firing at a point d'appui at long range, cannot be said to be immobilized, because it has the power of diverting its fire to neighbouring points d'appui;[…]."
- "1989, Daniel Berthold-Bond, Hegel's Grand Synthesis: A Study of Being, Thought, and History, State University of New York Press, page 40, Its intention and its method is to "stand back from natural objects, leaving them as they are and adjusting ourselves to them," and its point d'appui and point de depart is sense experience (PhN §246 Zusatz)."
- "If, on the other hand, the points d'appui are in regions of longitudinal muscle contraction so that the fixed body regions are at their shortest, the animal will move in the opposite direction to the wave, the wave is said to be retrograde."
- "Any note belonging to these forms a point d'appui, which may be used mentally to pass to any note standing in a simple relation to the point d'appui."
- "One thing, indeed, is frequently lacking in Chopin's compositions—especially in those written in the larger forms—the thematic work, which is the point d'appui in the works of Beethoven and the older masters."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: French