"sweet spot" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈswiːt spɒt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈswit ˌspɑt/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-sweet spot.flac , En-us-sweet spot.ogg , en-au-sweet spot.ogg Forms: sweet spots [plural]
enPR: swĭtʹ spŏt' [General-American] Head templates: {{en-noun}} sweet spot (plural sweet spots)
  1. Any place that is optimal for obtaining a certain desirable effect or result. Translations (place which is optimal for a certain action to occur): optimale plek [feminine] (Dutch), sweet spot [masculine] (French), Sweet Spot (German), Sweetspot (German), Sweet Area (German), スイートスポット (suīto supotto) (Japanese), 스위트 스팟 (seuwiteu seupat) (Korean), savršeno mjesto [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), savršeno mesto [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), parte perfecta [feminine] (Spanish), punto óptimo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-sweet_spot-en-noun-W89N1DBo Disambiguation of 'place which is optimal for a certain action to occur': 48 37 5 10
  2. (figuratively) Any set of conditions that is optimal for obtaining a certain desirable effect or result. Tags: figuratively
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  3. (slang, euphemistic) The clitoris, prostate gland, or other center of sexual pleasure. Tags: euphemistic, slang Categories (topical): Sex
    Sense id: en-sweet_spot-en-noun-4OsIWYBJ Disambiguation of Sex: 3 3 82 11 Categories (other): English euphemisms, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 16 54 16 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 10 73 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 16 58 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 16 56 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 15 17 53 15 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 13 15 57 15 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 13 14 60 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 14 15 57 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 15 16 55 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 15 16 55 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 13 14 61 11
  4. (sports) Any of several places on a bat, racquet, etc., with which to hit a ball, resulting in the latter rebounding with some optimal desirable effect, such as minimum vibration or maximum velocity. Categories (topical): Sports
    Sense id: en-sweet_spot-en-noun-XLf7JDCG Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: spot

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1981 September 27, H[oward] Brody, “Physics of the tennis racket II: The “sweet spot””, in American Journal of Physics, volume 49, number 9, →DOI, pages 816–810:",
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          "ref": "1987, Howard Brody, “The Sweet Spots of a Tennis Racket”, in Tennis Science for Tennis Players, Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania Press, →ISBN, page 23:",
          "text": "When you hit a shot and it really feels good, you claim that you have hit the sweet spot. But can this feeling be quantified? […] Do some rackets have a sweet spot that is sweeter than that of other rackets, or is the size of the sweet spot the only relevant consideration?",
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          "ref": "1995, Ed[ward] Turner, [Brent] Woody Clouse, Winning Racquetball: Skills, Drills, and Strategies, Champaign, Ill., Windsor, Ont.: Human Kinetics, →ISBN, page 10:",
          "text": "There are actually three sweet spots on a racquet's face. Each sweet spot measures a different physical characteristic of your racquet. The sweet spot that most of us think of is the place on the strings where the ball rebounds with the most power, or, technically, the post on the racquet with the maximum coefficient of restitution. The second sweet spot is where the least amount of shock is given to your hand and arm. This is known as the center of percussion. The third sweet spot is the node or place where the least amount of vibration occurs after the initial ball impact. Normally all three sweet spots do not occur in the same location.",
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          "ref": "1999, Bernard Brogliato, “Two Bodies Colliding”, in E[duardo] D[aniel] Sontag, M. Thoma, editors, Nonsmooth Mechanics: Models, Dynamics and Control (Communications and Control Engineering), 2nd edition, London, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, →ISBN, section 4.1.4 (The Percussion Center), page 116:",
          "text": "The center of percussion also finds more exotic applications, like in tennis dynamics: the so-called sweet spot […] is a special impact point on the racket strings used to prevent jarring of the hand. It is defined either as a vibration node, or as the center of percussion, or as the point where the restitution coefficient […] is maximum and vibrations minimum[…].",
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          "ref": "2013, John D[avid] Barrow, “Cushioning the Blow”, in Mathletics: A Scientist Explains 100 Amazing Things about Sport, London: Vintage Books, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Most of us are familiar with the existence of a ‘sweet spot’ on a tennis racket or bat: the place where it is best to strike the ball. […] Physicists call this sweet spot the ‘centre of percussion’ and it occurs at a distance from the top of a cricket or baseball bat that is about two thirds of its total length.",
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          "ref": "2015, Thomas Jay Smith, Robert Henning, Michael G. Wade, Thomas Fisher, “Variability in Human Motor and Sport Performance”, in Variability in Human Performance, Boca Raton, Fla.: CRC Press, →ISBN, section 2.1 (Introduction), page 31:",
          "text": "Club heads [of golf clubs] have weight distributions designed to optimize both launch angle of the ball and minimizing the effects of off-center shots that do not precisely impact the so-called sweet spot (the center of percussion).",
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          "text": "Ragan began to move more slowly once he was in, but soon he was moving quickly, pounding his balls against Donovan's ass, unable to hold back, reaching his sweet spot over and over again until Donovan couldn't keep the screams from coming from his throat.",
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        "The clitoris, prostate gland, or other center of sexual pleasure."
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        "(slang, euphemistic) The clitoris, prostate gland, or other center of sexual pleasure."
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          "text": "He hit the ball with the sweet spot, resulting in a gapper.",
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          "ref": "1981 September 27, H[oward] Brody, “Physics of the tennis racket II: The “sweet spot””, in American Journal of Physics, volume 49, number 9, →DOI, pages 816–810:",
          "text": "The term sweet spot is used in describing that point or region of a tennis racket where the ball should be hit for optimum results. There are several definitions of this term, each one based on different physical phenomenon.",
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        {
          "ref": "1987, Howard Brody, “The Sweet Spots of a Tennis Racket”, in Tennis Science for Tennis Players, Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania Press, →ISBN, page 23:",
          "text": "When you hit a shot and it really feels good, you claim that you have hit the sweet spot. But can this feeling be quantified? […] Do some rackets have a sweet spot that is sweeter than that of other rackets, or is the size of the sweet spot the only relevant consideration?",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1995, Ed[ward] Turner, [Brent] Woody Clouse, Winning Racquetball: Skills, Drills, and Strategies, Champaign, Ill., Windsor, Ont.: Human Kinetics, →ISBN, page 10:",
          "text": "There are actually three sweet spots on a racquet's face. Each sweet spot measures a different physical characteristic of your racquet. The sweet spot that most of us think of is the place on the strings where the ball rebounds with the most power, or, technically, the post on the racquet with the maximum coefficient of restitution. The second sweet spot is where the least amount of shock is given to your hand and arm. This is known as the center of percussion. The third sweet spot is the node or place where the least amount of vibration occurs after the initial ball impact. Normally all three sweet spots do not occur in the same location.",
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          "ref": "1999, Bernard Brogliato, “Two Bodies Colliding”, in E[duardo] D[aniel] Sontag, M. Thoma, editors, Nonsmooth Mechanics: Models, Dynamics and Control (Communications and Control Engineering), 2nd edition, London, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, →ISBN, section 4.1.4 (The Percussion Center), page 116:",
          "text": "The center of percussion also finds more exotic applications, like in tennis dynamics: the so-called sweet spot […] is a special impact point on the racket strings used to prevent jarring of the hand. It is defined either as a vibration node, or as the center of percussion, or as the point where the restitution coefficient […] is maximum and vibrations minimum[…].",
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          "ref": "2013, John D[avid] Barrow, “Cushioning the Blow”, in Mathletics: A Scientist Explains 100 Amazing Things about Sport, London: Vintage Books, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Most of us are familiar with the existence of a ‘sweet spot’ on a tennis racket or bat: the place where it is best to strike the ball. […] Physicists call this sweet spot the ‘centre of percussion’ and it occurs at a distance from the top of a cricket or baseball bat that is about two thirds of its total length.",
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          "ref": "2015, Thomas Jay Smith, Robert Henning, Michael G. Wade, Thomas Fisher, “Variability in Human Motor and Sport Performance”, in Variability in Human Performance, Boca Raton, Fla.: CRC Press, →ISBN, section 2.1 (Introduction), page 31:",
          "text": "Club heads [of golf clubs] have weight distributions designed to optimize both launch angle of the ball and minimizing the effects of off-center shots that do not precisely impact the so-called sweet spot (the center of percussion).",
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        "(sports) Any of several places on a bat, racquet, etc., with which to hit a ball, resulting in the latter rebounding with some optimal desirable effect, such as minimum vibration or maximum velocity."
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "place which is optimal for a certain action to occur",
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      "word": "optimale plek"
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      "sense": "place which is optimal for a certain action to occur",
      "word": "Sweet Spot"
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      "sense": "place which is optimal for a certain action to occur",
      "word": "Sweetspot"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "place which is optimal for a certain action to occur",
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      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "suīto supotto",
      "sense": "place which is optimal for a certain action to occur",
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      "word": "스위트 스팟"
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