"set point" meaning in All languages combined

See set point on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: set points [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} set point (plural set points)
  1. (tennis, volleyball) A situation where if one of the two players wins the next point, (s)he will win the set (but not the match). Categories (topical): Tennis, Volleyball Translations (tennis): pilota de set [feminine] (Catalan), punt de set [masculine] (Catalan), sætbold [common-gender] (Danish), eräpallo (Finnish), balle de set [feminine] (French), Satzball [masculine] (German), setbol [masculine] (Polish), piłka setowa [feminine] (Polish), minge de set (Romanian), punct de set (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-set_point-en-noun-heVMy43j Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports, tennis, volleyball Disambiguation of 'tennis': 80 15 5
  2. Alternative form of setpoint (“command signal fed into a controller”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: setpoint (extra: command signal fed into a controller)
    Sense id: en-set_point-en-noun-8OAP5f2l Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 55 6
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see set, point. (a setting or location that is fixed) Translations (fixed location): kiintopiste (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-set_point-en-noun-eQtWb~HE Disambiguation of 'fixed location': 19 2 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: set ball [tennis, sports, hobbies, lifestyle] Related terms: break point, match point, point-set topology, set, setpoint

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for set point meaning in All languages combined (3.5kB)

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "set points",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "set point (plural set points)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "47 0 53",
      "word": "break point"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "47 0 53",
      "word": "match point"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "47 0 53",
      "word": "point-set topology"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "47 0 53",
      "word": "set"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "47 0 53",
      "word": "setpoint"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Tennis",
          "orig": "en:Tennis",
          "parents": [
            "Ball games",
            "Racquet sports",
            "Sports",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Volleyball",
          "orig": "en:Volleyball",
          "parents": [
            "Ball games",
            "Sports",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A situation where if one of the two players wins the next point, (s)he will win the set (but not the match)."
      ],
      "id": "en-set_point-en-noun-heVMy43j",
      "links": [
        [
          "tennis",
          "tennis"
        ],
        [
          "volleyball",
          "volleyball"
        ],
        [
          "set",
          "set"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(tennis, volleyball) A situation where if one of the two players wins the next point, (s)he will win the set (but not the match)."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports",
        "tennis",
        "volleyball"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "80 15 5",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "tennis",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pilota de set"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 15 5",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "tennis",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "punt de set"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 15 5",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "tennis",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "sætbold"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 15 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "tennis",
          "word": "eräpallo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 15 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "tennis",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "balle de set"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 15 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "tennis",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Satzball"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 15 5",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "tennis",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "setbol"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 15 5",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "tennis",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "piłka setowa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 15 5",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "tennis",
          "word": "minge de set"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 15 5",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "tennis",
          "word": "punct de set"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "command signal fed into a controller",
          "word": "setpoint"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "39 55 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of setpoint (“command signal fed into a controller”)"
      ],
      "id": "en-set_point-en-noun-8OAP5f2l",
      "links": [
        [
          "setpoint",
          "setpoint#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see set, point. (a setting or location that is fixed)"
      ],
      "id": "en-set_point-en-noun-eQtWb~HE",
      "links": [
        [
          "set",
          "set#English"
        ],
        [
          "point",
          "point#English"
        ],
        [
          "setting",
          "setting#English"
        ],
        [
          "location",
          "location#English"
        ],
        [
          "fixed",
          "fixed#English"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "19 2 79",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "fixed location",
          "word": "kiintopiste"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "47 0 53",
      "topics": [
        "tennis",
        "sports",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "set ball"
    }
  ],
  "word": "set point"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "set points",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "set point (plural set points)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "break point"
    },
    {
      "word": "match point"
    },
    {
      "word": "point-set topology"
    },
    {
      "word": "set"
    },
    {
      "word": "setpoint"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Tennis",
        "en:Volleyball"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A situation where if one of the two players wins the next point, (s)he will win the set (but not the match)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tennis",
          "tennis"
        ],
        [
          "volleyball",
          "volleyball"
        ],
        [
          "set",
          "set"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(tennis, volleyball) A situation where if one of the two players wins the next point, (s)he will win the set (but not the match)."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports",
        "tennis",
        "volleyball"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "command signal fed into a controller",
          "word": "setpoint"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of setpoint (“command signal fed into a controller”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "setpoint",
          "setpoint#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see set, point. (a setting or location that is fixed)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "set",
          "set#English"
        ],
        [
          "point",
          "point#English"
        ],
        [
          "setting",
          "setting#English"
        ],
        [
          "location",
          "location#English"
        ],
        [
          "fixed",
          "fixed#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "topics": [
        "tennis",
        "sports",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "set ball"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "tennis",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pilota de set"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "tennis",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "punt de set"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "tennis",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "sætbold"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "tennis",
      "word": "eräpallo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "tennis",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "balle de set"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "tennis",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Satzball"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "tennis",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "setbol"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "tennis",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "piłka setowa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "tennis",
      "word": "minge de set"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "tennis",
      "word": "punct de set"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fixed location",
      "word": "kiintopiste"
    }
  ],
  "word": "set point"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.