pointerとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔɪntə/
• ハイフネーション: point‧er
• 韻: -ɔɪntə(ɹ)

名詞

pointer (複数形 pointers)

teacher's pointer

needle of a measuring device

pointer (dog)

1. Anything that points or is used for pointing.
2. A teacher's pointer, pointing stick, a rod with an arrow
3. A needle-like component of a timepiece or measuring device that indicates the time or the current reading of the device.
5. A breed of hunting dog, trained to point out game.
6. (programming) A variable that holds the address of a memory location where a value can be stored.
7. (computing) An icon that indicates the position of the mouse; a cursor.
8. (chiefly in the plural) A tip, a bit of advice.

   The instructor gave me some pointers on writing a good paper.

9. (in combinations) Something worth a given number of points.

   a ten-pointer

   • 2011 September 18, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     After another penalty miss, Kvirikashvili finally found the target on 27 minutes before Flood hit back with a three-pointer of his own.

同意語

• (teacher's pointer): fescue
• (of a timepiece): hand
• (of a measuring device): needle
• (icon): cursor
• (programming) reference

下位語

参考

• (programming) dereference, address

参考

• Wikipedia article on the pointer, the dog
• Wikipedia article on pointers in computer programming

アナグラム

• Petrino, interop, protein, pterion, repoint, tropein, tropine