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cut point

cut point is the alternative form of cutpoint.

Meaning of cutpoint

Noun

cutpoint (plural cutpoints)

  1. A point of a connected space whose removal causes the resulting space to be disconnected.
    • Every point of a line is a cutpoint, but no point of a circle is a cutpoint.
  2. A cutoff point; a threshold value.
    • In 2007 the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) proposed single blood pressure (BP) cutpoints (systolic: ≥130 mm Hg and diastolic: ≥85 mm Hg) for the diagnosis of high blood pressure (HBP) in adolescents. Before this proposal, HBP had been defined as BP at or above the 95th percentile for age...2017, P Brambilla, A Andreano, L Antolini, et al., “How Accurate Is a Single Cutpoint to Identify High Blood Pressure in Adolescents?”, in Am J Epidemiol, volume 185, number 4, →DOI, →PMID, pages...

Forms of cut point

pluralcut points

Questions about cut point

What is cut point the alternative form of?
Cut point is the alternative form of cutpoint.

Words near cut point in the dictionary

  1. cut one's teeth
  2. cut oneself
  3. cut out
  4. cut out of the same cloth
  5. cut out the middleman
  6. cut point
  7. cut points
  8. cut red tape
  9. cut round
  10. cut scene
  11. cut scenes

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