How to Use point source in a Sentence

point source

noun

• But even that precision is not quite enough to isolate point sources.
  — Anna Kuchment, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2021
• All sounds are point source, and immersion is now de facto standard.
  — Bobby Owsinski, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2021
• If the sun were a point source, like one of the nighttime stars, the moon would cast only one kind of shadow.
  — Michael E Bakich, Discover Magazine, 7 Aug. 2017
• At one time the smelters in Sudbury were the largest point source of sulfur dioxide in the world.
  — Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Sep. 2020
• Usually, such compact objects are classified as point sources, and most tend to be stars.
  — Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 9 Jan. 2026
• The larger satellites can spot large leaks faster, while Iris or Claire could help pinpoint the exact point source.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2023
• Also, the fact that the kill occurred over a long stretch of the lakeshore indicates a single-point source of pollution was not the cause.
  — Peter Krouse, cleveland, 11 Sep. 2021
• The effort was the most comprehensive study to-date of point sources of methane emissions from the waste sector, the authors write.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
• There can be high levels of phosphate from [pollution] point sources or from agricultural runoff, which is a big issue.
  — Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 19 June 2026
• This is a point source detection problem, in which the multiple sources of a complex signal are located.
  — John Werner, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
• In every case, the best fit was a system with a massive point source at its center, and the rest of the material rotating around it.
  — ArsTechnica, 27 May 2026
• Krueger of the River Alliance said that his group will be watching to see how much of the reduction will come from non-point sources like farms.
  — Lee Bergquist, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 Feb. 2018
• The hazard is particularly great in cities and near mining or other industrial point sources of lead.
  — Gabriel Filippelli, Quartz, 20 June 2019
• Many of the farms and point sources are downstream of the lake, Robertson said, so efforts need to go even further to reduce phosphorus levels.
  — Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2024
• But Salvato said her organization examined point sources that could have caused the increase and didn't find any answers.
  — Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2024
• The point sources proved to be 10 globular clusters—compact and spherical groupings of stars orbiting the galaxy’s core.
  — Rebecca Boyle, Scientific American, 28 Mar. 2018
• In 2011 that patience began to pay off as the point source became lopsided at radio wavelengths, perhaps due to the emission of a jet.
  — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 14 June 2018
• The students depicted or described at least one source of non-point source pollution and presented potential solutions.
  — Chris Smith | Contributing Writer, NOLA.com, 17 Nov. 2020
• The point sources proved to be 10 globular clusters—compact and spherical groupings of stars, orbiting the galaxy’s core.
  — Rebecca Boyle, Scientific American, 28 Mar. 2018
• The plan acknowledges the Clean Water Act’s role in slowing and reducing point source pollution.
  — Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 19 June 2023
• This kind of distribution of light from a single-point source is called a point spread function (PSF) and is unique to each optical system.
  — Scientific American, 1 Apr. 2023
• The task is especially difficult if those stars cross each other's faces (as seen from our vantage point on Earth), because this means light from both stars can be seen as a single point source.
  — Robert Lea, Space.com, 3 June 2025
• About 90 percent of the phosphorus and nitrogen from the Maumee watershed comes from what are called non-point sources, mainly farm runoff, the research showed.
  — John Seewer, The Seattle Times, 22 Apr. 2018
• Population growth brings with it a corresponding rise in both point source and non-point source pollution, placing additional strain on our water systems.
  — Kate Marijolovic, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2025
• This article offers an investor-level overview of the three technologies used for point source capture and the next spells out the strengths and weaknesses of each from an investor perspective.
  — Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
• However, this new research showed that these point sources, including pulsars, would be extremely faint, and that is good news for scientists who favor annihilating dark matter as the cause of these gamma rays.
  — Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 June 2026
• Fyne claims that the powerful point source configuration is driven by multiple motor systems featuring a neodymium magnet for the high frequencies and a large ferrite magnet for the main cone.
  — Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
• Capturing carbon where it's produced involves filtering out CO2 from a point source of emissions, such as a fertilizer plant, power station or gas field.
  — Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 18 Jan. 2022
• Through the Clean Water Act, point source pollution, which generally comes from an identifiable place such as a discharge pipe, can be regulated.
  — Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com, 20 Dec. 2021
• Hubble's optical resolution is not high enough to actually 'see' the planet as a dot of light separate from its star, so instead, the telescope receives light from both objects that mix into a single point source.
  — Devin Powell, Scientific American, 11 July 2013