Meaning of high point | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A number of places in the United States:
2. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Hernando County, Florida.
3. A climax; the best time in a given period.
4. An unincorporated community in Palm Beach County, Florida.
5. The point of the highest elevation in a given area.
6. A neighbourhood of Atlanta, Georgia.
7. · or · (the Greek punctuation mark used for a medium pause like a semicolon ; the Ancient Greek punctuation mark used for the end of a sentence like a full stop, then for a medium pause like a semicolon).
8. A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Walker County, Georgia.
9. A township in Decatur County, Iowa.
10. An unincorporated community in Moniteau County, Missouri.
11. A city mostly in Guilford County, North Carolina.
12. A neighbourhood of Seattle, Washington.
13. An unincorporated community in King County, Washington.
14. The name of a number of high points (summits, hills, mountains) in various places.

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Examples

“This has been the high point⟳ of my life.”

“Blanca Peak is one of just three ultra-prominence peaks, or “ultras,” in the state and the highpoint of the Sierra Blanca Range, a massif that includes ranked 14ers Ellingwood Point⟳, Little Bear⟳ Peak, and Mount⟳ Lindsey.”

“A more regular system was developed in the schools of Alexandria, its invention being ascribed to Aristophanes of Byzantium (260 B.C.). This was the use⟳ of the full point⟳ with certain values in certain positions (θέσεις) : the high point⟳ (στιγμὴ τελεία), equivalent to a full stop⟳; the point⟳ on the line (ὑποστιγμή), a shorter pause, equivalent to our semicolon; and the point⟳ in a middle position (στιγμὴ μέση), an ordinary pause, equivalent to our comma. In the Codex Alexandrinus the middle and high points are pretty generally used. But the middle point⟳ eventually disappeared; and about the ninth century the comma was introduced.”

“The point⟳ at the top of the line (·) (στιγμὴ τελεία, ‘high point⟳’) was a full stop⟳; that on the line (.) (ὑποστιγµή) was equal to our semicolon, while a middle point⟳ (στιγµὴ μέση) was equivalent to our comma. But gradually changes came over these stops till the top point⟳ was equal to our colon, the bottom point⟳ became the full stop⟳, the middle point⟳ vanished, and about the ninth century A.D. the comma (,) took its place⟳.”

“In the earlier system a full stop⟳ was represented by a high point⟳ (στιγμὴ τελεία); the pause of our semi-colon was represented by a low point⟳ (ὑποστιγµή); and the pause of the comma was signaled by a middle point⟳, (στιγµὴ μέση) (though, according to Bruce Metzger, the value assigned to these last⟳ two marks could vary⟳ among scribes). The use⟳ of the middle point⟳ eventually died out, its place⟳ having been taken by the comma starting about the ninth century. In contrast, Bryennios noted that in H54 the στιγμὴ τελεία/fullstop was represented by a low point⟳; the (more common) pause of a semi-colon was signaled by a στιγµὴ μέση or ἄνω, i.e., a middle or high point⟳; and the modern comma sign⟳ had now become⟳ the ὑποστιγµη, i.e. the shortest pause.”

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