Match point

Point, or knifepoint, is the tip of the knife where the spine, or secondary cutting edge, meets the primary cutting edge to form a point. Due to its inherent lack of strength, the ...

point

Printing & publishing; Publishing

A unit of type measurement equal to 0.013875 inch (1/72 inch), or 1/12 pica (0.351mm); see pica, pitch, em, en. Also, a diacritic, as a dot or line, indicating a vowel or the ...

point

Convention; Conferences

1) Measurement of type size. Twelve points equal one picaapproximately 1/6 inch (. 43 centimeter). 2) A city, town, village, or other community or area which is treated as a unit ...

Boris Becker

Sports; Tennis

Boris Becker (born 22 November 1967) is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from Germany. He is a six-time Grand Slam singles champion, an Olympic gold medalist, and ...

Wimbledon Championships

Sports; Tennis

Located about 13 km southwest of the City of London, Wimbledon is the site of the annual All-England Championships, also known as the Wimbledon Championships, in lawn tennis. It ...

Serena Williams

Sports; Tennis

Serena Jameka William is a professional tennis player from the United States. She was born in 1981 and turned pro in 1995. She became the world number one for the first time in ...

Li Na

Sports; Tennis

China's first female tennis player to ever win a Grand Slam championship. Li Na played in two Grand Slam finals: the Australian Open in January 2011 and the French Open in June ...

ATP

Sports; Tennis

Association of Tennis Professionals, the men's professional circuit.

T

Sports; Tennis

where the center line and service line intersect to form a T.

Terms in the News

Featured Terms

Harry8L

0
Terms
0
Blossaries
1
Followers

Industry/Domain: People Category: Journalists

Mike Wallace

Mike Wallace (May 9, 1918 – April 7, 2012) was an American journalist best known as one of the original correspondents for the TV Magazine 60 Minutes ...