cutoff
Pronunciation: /kəˈtɒf/
The English word “cutoff” has 12 meanings listed here.
noun
- The point at which something terminates or to which it is limited.
- A cutoff point (cutoff value, threshold value, cutpoint): the amount set by an operational definition as the transition point between states in a discretization or dichotomization.
- A road, path or channel that provides a shorter or quicker path; a shortcut.
- A device that stops the flow of a current.
- A device for saving steam by regulating its admission to the cylinder (see quotation at cut-off).
- A cessation in a flow or activity.
- The player who acts directly before the player on the button pre-flop.
- Shorts made by cutting off the legs from trousers.
- A sleeveless shirt, especially one made by cutting the sleeves off of a t-shirt.
- A horizontal line separating sections of the page.
adjective
Etymology
Deverbal from cut off.
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