raised point noun2 •· (middle dot) (or sometimes . (full stop)) (the punctuation mark used as a raised decimal point in British English).Use a raised point (·) to express decimals, as 7·06; and print 0·76, not ·76. When the time of day is intended to be shown, the full point (.) is to be used, as 4.30 a.m. — 1967 •· or · (the Greek punctuation mark used in place of a semicolon in English).Peculiar to Greek is the use of the raised point (άνω τελεία: ·), which is used instead of the semicolon. — 2012 formsraised points