ordinary point

American  

noun

1. Mathematics. a point in a domain in which a given function of a complex variable is analytic.

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Example Sentences

The conventional wisdom is that an ace is worth more than an ordinary point because a server can save energy, stay in rhythm and psychologically wound the opponent.

From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2014

We next come to what is called the “Throw-point,” by which a little extra reach is obtained over the ordinary point with lunge.

From Broad-Sword and Single-Stick With Chapters on Quarter-Staff, Bayonet, Cudgel, Shillalah, Walking-Stick, Umbrella and Other Weapons of Self-Defence by Headley, Rowland George Allanson Allanson-Winn, Baron

In general, the ordinary point of the advance guard and flankers will suffice.

From Cavalry in Future Wars by Goldman, Charles Sydney

As seen in this light, the blacks of the picture are blacker, the whites, whiter, than they appear from the ordinary point of view.

From A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) by Orr, Sutherland, Mrs.

There seems to have been no reason for her divorce from the ordinary point of view; the marriage just simply didn't work.

From Dear Enemy by Webster, Jean