endpoint
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Noun
endpoint (plural endpoints)
- Either of the two points at the ends of a line segment.
- (speech recognition) The point in speech at which an utterance ends.
- (biology, medicine) A defined occurrence during the observation period of an experiment or study.
- (chemistry) The stage in a titration at which a change in the colour of an indicator indicates that no more titrant should be added.
- (networking, telecommunications) The entity at one end of a connection.
- (programming) Part of a system that serves as a hook, allowing third-party code to intercept and modify behaviour at that point.
- (mathematics) Either of the two nodes of a graph of degree 1.
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either of two points at the end of a line
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a defined occurrence during the observation period of an experiment or study
the stage in a titration at which a change in the colour of an indicator indicates that no more titrant should be added
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entity at one end of a connection
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part of a system that serves as a hook
either of the two nodes of a graph of degree 1
Verb
endpoint (third-person singular simple present endpoints, present participle endpointing, simple past and past participle endpointed)
- Of a speech recognition system: to detect the endpoint of an utterance.
- (chemistry) To determine an endpoint in a titration process.
