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the tiny pointy mathematician that decides which way the entire universe is pointing.
means The pointed head of an arrow, or by extension the small angled mark at the end of a line or arrow symbol that shows direction.
from "Arrow" descends from Old English "earh," tied to a broad family of words for shaft and bow across the Germanic and possibly older Indo-European roots — all circling back to the idea of a thing that is shot. "Tip" arrives later, an Old Norse or Low German borrowing for a slender point or extremity, the same "tip" that caps fingers and toes. Together they name the business end: the part that actually arrives.
- flint origins
- Stone arrowheads predate written history by thousands of years.
- shape physics
- Narrow tips slice air, broad ones tear flesh.
- obsidian edge
- Volcanic glass tips outcut surgical steel at molecular scale.
- design tradeoff
- Sharper penetrates deeper but bends inside the wound.
broadhead — hunting arrowhead with multiple cutting blades, used for deer and large game since medieval times
field point — conical target arrowhead, standard for olympic archery and competitive shooting
bodkin point — armor-piercing arrowhead used by english longbowmen from 14th-16th centuries