Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quarter point

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.66 in modern English

Syllables: quar-ter -point
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the 32 points of the compass achieved by bisecting the angles of the sixteen half-points; for example, north by east (lying between north and north-northeast) or northwest by west (lying between northwest and west-northwest). The compass point corresponding to a quarter-wind.

Inflected Forms

quarter points (plural) quarter-point (alternative)

Questions

What does quarter point mean?: Any of the 32 points of the compass achieved by bisecting the angles of the sixteen half-points; for example, north by east (lying between north and north-northeast) or northwest by west (lying between northwest and west-northwest). The compass point corresponding to a quarter-wind.

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