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High point
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- 1 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Hernando County, Florida.
- 2 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Palm Beach County, Florida.
- 3 A number of places in the United States:; A neighbourhood of Atlanta, Georgia.
- 4 A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Walker County, Georgia.
- 5 A number of places in the United States:; A township in Decatur County, Iowa.
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- 6 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Moniteau County, Missouri.
- 7 A number of places in the United States:; A city mostly in Guilford County, North Carolina.
- 8 A number of places in the United States:; A neighbourhood of Seattle, Washington.
- 9 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in King County, Washington.
- 10 A number of places in the United States:; The name of a number of high points (summits, hills, mountains) in various places.
- 1 A climax; the best time in a given period.
"This has been the high point of my life."
- 2 the most enjoyable part of a given experience wordnet
- 3 The point of the highest elevation in a given area.
"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."
- 4 · 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).
"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."
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