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endpoint

noun

Etymology

From end + point.

  1. derived from *pungō✻ — “to sting, prick”
  2. derived from pūnctus
  3. derived from pointe
  4. derived from pūnctum — “a hole punched in; a point, puncture”
  5. derived from point
  6. inherited from poynt
  7. compounded as endpoint — “end + point”

Definitions

  1. Either of the two points at the ends of a line segment.

  2. The point in speech at which an utterance ends.

  3. A defined occurrence during the observation period of an experiment or study.

  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. The stage in a titration at which a change in the colour of an indicator indicates that…

      The stage in a titration at which a change in the colour of an indicator indicates that no more titrant should be added.

    2. The entity at one end of a connection.

    3. Part of a system that serves as a hook, allowing third-party code to intercept and modify…

      Part of a system that serves as a hook, allowing third-party code to intercept and modify behaviour at that point.

    4. Either of the two nodes of a graph of degree 1.

    5. To detect the endpoint of an utterance.

    6. To determine an endpoint in a titration process.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for endpoint. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA