Crossword clues for cutoff
cutoff
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1640s, "act of cutting off," also "portion cut off," from verbal phrase cut off (late 14c.). Of rivers, from 1773; of roads, from 1806; of clothing (adj.), from 1840.
Wiktionary
alt. 1 The point at which something terminates or to which it is limited. 2 A road, path of channel that provides a shorter or quicker path; a shortcut. 3 A device that stops the flow of a current. 4 A cessation in a flow or activity. 5 (context poker English) The player who acts directly before the player on the button#poker preflop in Texas hold 'em. 6 (context chiefly in the plural English) shorts made by cutting off the legs from trousers n. 1 The point at which something terminates or to which it is limited. 2 A road, path of channel that provides a shorter or quicker path; a shortcut. 3 A device that stops the flow of a current. 4 A cessation in a flow or activity. 5 (context poker English) The player who acts directly before the player on the button#poker preflop in Texas hold 'em. 6 (context chiefly in the plural English) shorts made by cutting off the legs from trousers
WordNet
Wikipedia
In theoretical physics, cutoff is an arbitrary maximal or minimal value of energy, momentum, or length, used in order that objects with larger or smaller values than these physical quantities are ignored in some calculation. It is usually represented within a particular energy or length scale, such as Planck units.
When used in this context, the traditional terms " infrared" and " ultraviolet" are not literal references to specific regions of the spectrum.
In a steam engine, cutoff is the point in the piston stroke at which the inlet valve is closed. On a steam locomotive, the cutoff is controlled by the reversing gear.
The point at which the inlet valve closes and stops the entry of steam into the cylinder from the boiler plays a crucial role in the control of a steam engine. Once the valve has closed, steam trapped in the cylinder expands adiabatically. The steam pressure drops as it expands. A late cutoff delivers full steam pressure to move the piston through its entire stroke, for maximum start-up forces. But, since there will still be unexploited pressure in the cylinder at the end of the stroke, this is achieved at the expense of engine efficiency. In this situation the steam will still have considerable pressure remaining when it is exhausted resulting in the characteristic “chuff chuff” sound of a steam engine. An early cutoff has greater thermodynamic efficiency but results in a lower Mean effective pressure so less average force on the piston and is used for running the engine at higher speeds. The steam engine is the only thermodynamic engine design that can provide its maximum torque at zero revolutions per minute.
Cutoff or cut off or cut-off may refer to:
Usage examples of "cutoff".
He had the bimetal gas cutoff valve disabled in five seconds and the gooseneck hose off in ten.
Regular cleaning and repairs of the building were performed by a maintenance service, but the Dorritt brothers had been given the use of a small basement apartment in return for minor janitorial duties involving fuses and thermostats and cutoff valves.
The Florida towheads look closer to twenty than fifteen, tanned to peeling by too many weeks in the sun and just a little edgy, rocking back on their heels in lowslung, faded cutoffs, studying the twins from underneath lashes flecked with sand.
Anthony, there was the Missouri, there was the Ohio and the Yazoo and the Red River and about fifty other secondary rivers and tributaries navigable by steamer, most of which had tributaries of their own, not to mention all the little creeks and streams and cutoffs that were navigable part of the year, if you had a good pilot.
I watched her out of sight, tracking the oiled roll of her hips beneath her cutoffs, and when I turned back to Ryan, he was smiling at me.
He continued to sit there, staring at a patch of sand, fingers plucking at a fray on his cutoffs, and after getting to my feet, watching him for a second or two, I started walking, maintaining a brisk pace, feeling a cold spot between my shoulder blades that I imagined registered the pressure of a pair of baleful eyes.
I ignored it, but the voice continued to call, and I whirled around to see Ryan running down the beach, his blond hair flying, dressed in the cutoffs and soiled shirt that had become his uniform.
She fumbled in the pocket of her cutoffs, pulling out a ratty hankie, which she pressed against her eyes.
Mexican woman in cutoffs and an Arizona Diamondbacks tanktop waved at us from the yard next door.
Skinny and pale as a fish belly, he wore a black leather jacket with the sleeves ripped off, frayed cutoff jeans and kneehigh combat boots.
Quincy and her engineering crew, with the help of the environmental techs, had been working on the backside plumbing, from the environmental system to stubs with a separate set of cutoff controls.
The riders follow the hounds through the canebrakes, and also try to make cutoffs and station themselves at open points where they think the bear will pass, so that they may get a shot at him.
Essentially, once Paulus's army surrendered at Stalingrad, the Caucasus Force faced a complete cutoff of their line of retreat After considerable dithering, Hitler put the very able General von Manstein in charge of the northern and most threatened of these luckless armies, to pull him out of the mess.
Stuffing her hands in the pockets of her cutoffs, she slid from her bar stool, and sauntered over.
Jill and Andrea were both dressed in short beach dresses over their new bathing suits, while Gabe was wearing black spandex bicycle shorts and a cutoff T-shirt that made him look like a finalist in the Mr.