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Definition of Breaking point
1. Noun. (psychology) stress at which a person breaks down or a situation becomes crucial.
Generic synonyms: Stress, Tenseness, Tension
2. Noun. The degree of tension or stress at which something breaks.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Breaking Point
Literary usage of Breaking point
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"Within a few weeks strained almost, to the breaking-point, and war was averted
only by the Frankfort Respite (qv). The Protestants, however, failed to avail ..."
2. Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society by London Mathematical Society (1898)
"If there is no breaking-point, theorem (/3) shows that from N we can derive a
point-group N" such that the 8's of N' are simply the 8's of N each diminished ..."
3. College zoology by Robert William Hegner (1918)
"Perhaps the most interesting morphological structure connected with the regenerative
process in Cambarus is the definite breaking point near the bases of ..."
4. The Peace Conference Day by Day: A Presidential Pilgrimage Leading to the by Charles Thaddeus Thompson (1920)
"... CHAPTER XXVI AT THE breaking point—THE PRESIDENT PREPARES TO LEAVE—CALLS FOR
HIS SHIP April 3. Extreme tension has again developed over the failure of ..."
5. Cocaine: Pharmacology, Effects, and Treatment of Abuse edited by John Grabowski (1994)
"Using this procedure, Yanagita (1973) demonstrated that breaking point was a direct
... Cocaine's breaking point was 2 to 16 times higher than that for ..."
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