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end point

[′end ‚pȯint]
(analytical chemistry)
That stage in the titration at which an effect, such as a color change, occurs, indicating that a desired point in the titration has been reached.
(chemical engineering)
In the distillation analysis of crude petroleum and its products, the highest reading of a thermometer when a specified proportion of the liquid has boiled off. Also known as final boiling point.
(computer science)
In vector graphics, one of the two ends of a line or vector.
(control systems)
The point at which a robot stops along its path of motion.
(industrial engineering)
(mathematics)
Either of two values or points that mark the ends of an interval or line segment.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

endpoint

(1) The mathematical representation of an end of a line. See end points.

(2) The client side. A user's computer. See client.

(3) The target end of a communication.
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The inclusion of the new technology will enable IT departments to produce a real-time audit of end point devices such as desktops, laptops and PDAs.
The ear panel is rendered extensible to form an extensible ear with a higher and a lower end edge, an inner side edge and an outer side edge defined by a substantially straight line connecting an outer end point of the higher end edge and an outer end point of the lower end edge.
This 36% reduction in relative risk of the primary end point translates to an absolute risk reduction of 3.4 fewer events per 1,000 patient-years of treatment.
Thirty sayings are examined, ranging From "Knowing many things doesn't teach insight" to "Your character is your destiny," From "That which opposes produces a benefit" to "On a circle, an end point can also be a beginning point." The illustrations by George Willett, who also inked von Oech's previous two books, are worth the price of the book.
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