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Definition of Set point
1. Noun. (tennis) the final point needed to win a set in tennis.
Definition of Set point
1. Noun. (tennis) A situation where if one of the two players wins the next point, (s)he will win the set (but not the match). ¹
2. Noun. A setting or location that is fixed. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Set Point
Literary usage of Set point
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings (1905)
"The two base-points whose equations are those just written are called residual
base-points with respect to the one-set point. ..."
2. Robot Manipulators: Mathematics, Programming, and Control : the Computer by Richard P. Paul (1981)
"After lowering the processor priority, an interlock is set in case the set point
is not obtained before the call for the subsequent set point evaluation is ..."
3. Proceedings by University of Michigan Digital Library Production Service (1905)
"The two base-points whose equations are those just written are called residual
base-points with respect to the one-set point. ..."
4. Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society by London Mathematical Society (1901)
"... kind of base-point which is the whole intersection of two given curves at a
point is called a one-set point, and its set of equations a one-set system. ..."
5. Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1911)
"Dr. Moss's statement with respect to the location of what we might call the first
permanent set point is pertinent. It is perhaps a happy coincidence that ..."
6. Railroad Curves and Earthwork by Calvin Frank Allen (1920)
"(jr) set point 4, and proceed as in ordinary cases. Second Method. (a) set point
C as before, and move transit to C. (6) Set vernier at 0° and sight on A. ..."
7. Transactions of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers by Canadian Society of Civil Engineers (1891)
"For example, being at point 5, to set point 4. having first set off on the tangent
at point 5, look in column 5 for Ds_,, which is found to be 1° 30; ..."
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