Wiktionary
n. 1 (context tennis English) A situation where if one of the two players wins the next point, (s)he will win the set (but not the match). 2 A setting or location that is fixed.
WordNet
n. the final point needed to win a set in tennis
Wikipedia
Set point or setpoint might mean one of:
- Set point (tennis), a tennis term meaning one player is one point away from winning a set
- Set point (medicine), a term referring to any one of a number of quantities (e.g. body weight, body temperature) which the body tries to keep at a particular value (see also homeostasis)
- Setpoint (control system), the target value that an automatic control system, for example PID controller, will aim to reach
- SetPoint, the driver suite for Logitech mice
- Set Point (album), the fourth Studio album by Yolka
Usage examples of "set point".
And he arrived just in time to see the Veep stand back and give a jerk with a tool he had set point-deep in one of those depressed locks.
Then I realized that your central respiratory system needs a higher set point of carbon dioxide to initiate breathing.
But when the waves from four different disturbances are constantly colliding and overlapping and bouncing and changing each other, it is impossible to accurately calculate what the force, intensity, and level of disturbance will be at any set point for any set time.
On set point, Jeanie banged a cross-court shot to the young girl's backhand, and the girl took a nasty fall trying to get to it, but missed it.