- three-point line
- noun Date: 1977 a line on a basketball court forming an arc at a set distance (as 22 feet) from the basket beyond which a field goal counts for three points
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three-point line
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three-point line — /three poynt /. See under three pointer. * * * … Universalium
three-point line — ˈ ̷ ̷ ¦ ̷ ̷ noun : a line on a basketball court forming an arc at a set distance (as 22 feet) from the basket beyond which a field goal counts for three points * * * /three poynt /. See under three pointer. * * * noun [singular] basketball : a… … Useful english dictionary
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three-point shot — noun A shot attempted from beyond the three point line … Wiktionary
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shot three-point field goals — (Basketball) shot many baskets from outside the three point line … English contemporary dictionary
3-point line — 3 point line, a line drawn on a basketball court beyond which a player making a field goal scores three points … Useful english dictionary
three-point perspective — noun : linear perspective in which parallel lines along the width of an object meet at two separate points on the horizon and vertical lines on the object meet at a point on the perpendicular bisector of the horizon line … Useful english dictionary
