eli5 – What is meant by single point in space and time?

Question

I have never understood what is meant when scientists say a “single point” is it something physical like an atom or or a size like the plank length?

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I’m not entirely sure what context you’re referring to but I understand the answer to your question to be: it’s a theoretical exactly precise coordinate in spacial dimensions and some framework of time coordinates