puntsgewijs

Puntsgewijs is a Dutch term used to describe a manner of presenting or handling information that is organized per item or per point, rather than in a continuous narrative. The word is built from punt, meaning point, and gewijs, a suffix indicating the manner of something.

In everyday writing, puntsgewijs indicates that content is delivered as separate points, typically in bullet points or numbered items. Expressions such as puntsgewijs samenvatten (bullet-point summary) or puntsgewijze beoordeling (item-by-item assessment) are common in reports, guidelines, and checklists. The term thus signals a discrete, easily scannable structure rather than prose.

In mathematics and related disciplines, the closest equivalent is puntgewijs or puntgewijze, meaning “pointwise.” A function is defined puntgewijs if it is specified at each point of its domain, and a sequence of functions converges puntgewijs to a limit when, for every input, the sequence values converge to the corresponding limit value. This usage contrasts with notions like uniform convergence, which treat all points of the domain simultaneously.

Etymology and spelling notes: punt(s)gewijs is formed from punt and gewijs. Both puntgewijs and puntsgewijs appear in use, with puntgewijs being common in many texts, while punt(s)gewijs sometimes appears in older or alternative spellings. The adjectival form in mathematics is often puntgewijze. Consistency within a document is advisable when choosing a spelling.