Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cutpoint

/ˈkʌtˌpɔɪnt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cut-point
IPA: /ˈkʌtˌpɔɪnt/

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A point of a connected space whose removal causes the resulting space to be disconnected.

noun

A cutoff point; a threshold value.

Example Sentences

"Every point of a line is a cutpoint, but no point of a circle is a cutpoint."
"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, sex, and height percentile (reference standard). In this study, we evaluated the risk for misclassification when using the IDF single-cutpoints criteria."

Etymology

From cut + point.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈkʌtˌpɔɪnt/
British English: /ˈkʌtˌpɔɪnt/

Inflected Forms

cutpoints (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce cutpoint?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkʌtˌpɔɪnt/.
What does cutpoint mean?: A point of a connected space whose removal causes the resulting space to be disconnected.
Where does cutpoint come from?: From cut + point.

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