Wiktionary
n. (context tennis English) A situation in which if the receiver wins the next point, (s)he will win the game (but not the set or match).
Wikipedia
Break Point is a novel written by Rosie Rushton. It was published by Piccadilly Press Ltd. in 2002.
Break Point is an American comedy film directed by Jay Karas. The film stars Jeremy Sisto and David Walton as two estranged brothers (and former tennis partners) who reunite and decide to make a run at a grand slam tournament.
The film first premiered at South by Southwest Film Festival on March 8, 2014. The film was released on July 21, 2015 on video on demand prior to the film being released in a limited release on September 4, 2015.
Usage examples of "break point".
In any case, the further from their planned break point we hit them, the wider the diversion will be.
And reports from Earth, which Sax forced himself to watch for an hour a day, made it clear that some forces there were trying to keep things the way they had been before the flood, in sharp conflict with other groups trying to take advantage of the flood in the same way the Martian revolutionaries had, using it as a break point in history and a springboard to some new order, some fresh start.
Mastering the complexities of the Cadre augmentation package was the real make-or-break point for any potential drop commando.
Here, now, was the make-or-break point for his scheme, and all the persiflage, verbal misdirection, charm, chutzpah, and bullshit he could muster weren't going to be enough, not even tied up with a big blue bow.
Eye pressed to the scope's rear aperture, cross wires on his target's black-armored chest, he tightened the trigger to the break point, then paused.
But it had been the key to unlock the ton Yonan had erected and Kelsie felt the chill of the utter dark through which she had once passed sweep in over that break point.
At the point where the stress becomes too much, the rock sheers off, and the inner side of the break continues to rise, while what is beyond the break point subsides.
So, the plains down below us are still part of the lava shield of Olympus Mons, but they are beyond the break point.
Will have break point computations adapted in twelve plus or minus two.