Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
1,761,657,527 visitors served.
forum mailing list For webmasters
?
New: Language forums
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

break point

   Also found in: Financial, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.04 sec.
break·point  (brkpoint)
n.
1. or break point A point of discontinuity, change, or cessation.
2. Computer Science A point in a program at which operation may be interrupted for manual intervention.
3. break point
a. A situation in tennis in which one more point is needed to break the opponent's serve.
b. The point awarded in such a situation.

break point
n
(Individual Sports & Recreations / Tennis) Tennis a point which allows the receiving player to break the service of the server


How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Email
Feedback
Add definition
? Mentioned in ? References in periodicals archive
 
Jankovic got a break point, reached a Dementieva drop shot and caused the Russian to hit another ball into the net to amazingly get the match back on serve.
The SIE-560/560S automatic extensometer handles all measurements from elastic modulus to elongation at break point.
Whenever the covering defender aligns head-up/inside the slant receiver, we will utilize our "single-step" technique at the break point (Diag.
 
Dictionary/thesaurus browser? ? Full browser
 
 
Dictionary, Thesaurus, and Translations
?

Disclaimer | Privacy policy | Feedback | Copyright © 2009 Farlex, Inc.
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. Terms of Use.