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How to pronounce “point source”
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- Practice the English pronunciation of point source with real speech in context.
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- How We Built It: $900K Open Source SaaS 14 minutes, 37 seconds
- Definition summary
- (sciences) A source of pollution, radiation, waves, fluid or other substance that has one specific location (and negligible physical extent, distinguishing a point source from other source geometries). In simulations they can often be approximated using mathematical point sources.
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How We Built It: $900K Open Source SaaS 14 minutes, 37 seconds

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Meaning
- [Noun]
- (sciences) A source of pollution, radiation, waves, fluid or other substance that has one specific location (and negligible physical extent, distinguishing a point source from other source geometries). In simulations they can often be approximated using mathematical point sources.
- (mathematics) The abstract concept of a singularity emitting a flux or flow. A source with infinitesimal dimensions in space.
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