cutpoint

About 0.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun 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. noun A cutoff point; a threshold value.

Similar words

cusp double point critical point basepoint loop extreme point ineunt bispace pointset control point

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