cutoff
IPA: kˈʌtɔf
noun
- The point at which something terminates or to which it is limited.
- (medicine) 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.
- (poker) The player who acts directly before the player on the button pre-flop.
- (fashion, chiefly in the plural) Shorts made by cutting off the legs from trousers.
- (journalism) A horizontal line separating sections of the page.
adjective
- Constituting a limit or ending.
- (psychology, medicine) Designating a score or value demarcating the presence (or absence) of a disease, condition, or similar.
cut off
IPA: kˈʌtˈɔf
noun
- Alternative form of cutoff [The point at which something terminates or to which it is limited.]
verb
- (transitive) To remove via cutting.
- (transitive) To isolate or remove from contact.
- (transitive) To stop the provision or supply of something, e.g. power, water.
- (transitive) To stop providing funds or something else to (someone).
- (transitive) To end abruptly.
- (transitive) To interrupt (someone speaking).
- (transitive) (North American) swerve in front of (another car) while driving; cut [someone] up
- (transitive) to move so as to block someone else's movement in a direction.
- (transitive, US, regional, Southern US) To turn off or switch off (an electrical device).
cut-off
IPA: kˈʌtɔf
noun
- Alternative spelling of cutoff [The point at which something terminates or to which it is limited.]
adjective
- Having had shirt sleeves or pantlegs shortened by cutting material from the end.