cutoff
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cutoff
- /kəˈtɒf/ UK
- /kəˈtɔːf/ UK
- /kəˈtɔf/ US
- /kəˈtɑf/ cot caught merger
- [kəˈɾɑf] cot caught merger
- /kəˈtɔːf/ Australia
- [kəˈɾɔːf] Australia
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Deverbal from cut off.
noun cutoffs · cut off · cut-off
- 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. If the treatment is approved, a script is written. If the script is approved, it goes into production. But this is usually a long and painful process. A cutoff can take place (and often does) at any step along the way.
- The player who acts directly before the player on the button pre-flop.
- Shorts made by cutting off the legs from trousers. […] I spotted through the window a young woman casually crossing Astor Place wearing a pair of cutoffs, some sandals and — it is fully legal to do this — naked above the waist.
- A sleeveless shirt, especially one made by cutting the sleeves off of a t-shirt.
- A horizontal line separating sections of the page. Light-face type, cutoffs, borders and rules are the universal plan. No black body matter and almost no black headlines appear.
adjective cut off · cut-off
- Constituting a limit or ending.
- Designating a score or value demarcating the presence (or absence) of a disease, condition, or similar.
