"set point" meaning in English

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Noun

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': 84 10 6
  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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Romanian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 54 6 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 19 73 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 59 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 64 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 25 64 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 20 72 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 23 67 10 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 24 67 9 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 22 68 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 26 62 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 25 64 10
  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

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