cutoff

plural cutoffs · alternative cut off · alternative cut-off

1. countableuncountableThe point at which something terminates or to which it is limited.
   1. countableuncountablemedicineA cutoff point (cutoff value, threshold value, cutpoint): the amount set by an operational definition as the transition point between states in a discretization or dichotomization.
2. countableuncountableA road, path or channel that provides a shorter or quicker path; a shortcut.
3. countableuncountableA device that stops the flow of a current.
4. countableuncountableA device for saving steam by regulating its admission to the cylinder (see quotation at cut-off).
5. countableuncountableA cessation in a flow or activity.

   If the treatment is approved, a script is written. If the script is approved, it goes into production. But this is usually a long and painful process. A cutoff can take place (and often does) at any step along the way.

   1985, Alfred Brenner, The TV Scriptwriter's Handbook, page 144

6. countableuncountablecard gamesThe player who acts directly before the player on the button pre-flop.
7. countablein pluraluncountablefashionShorts made by cutting off the legs from trousers.

   […] I spotted through the window a young woman casually crossing Astor Place wearing a pair of cutoffs, some sandals and — it is fully legal to do this — naked above the waist.

   2021 July 22, Guy Trebay, “Suddenly It’s Bare Season”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

8. countableuncountablefashionA sleeveless shirt, especially one made by cutting the sleeves off of a t-shirt.
9. countableuncountablejournalismA horizontal line separating sections of the page.

   Light-face type, cutoffs, borders and rules are the universal plan. No black body matter and almost no black headlines appear.

   1919, The Washington Newspaper

alternative cut off · alternative cut-off

1. not comparableConstituting a limit or ending.
2. not comparablehuman sciencesDesignating a score or value demarcating the presence (or absence) of a disease, condition, or similar.