endpoint

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noun

Either of the two points at the ends of a line segment.

Less commonScrabble 11

Meanings

nounendpoint (plural endpoints)

plural endpoints · alternative end point

  1. Either of the two points at the ends of a line segment.
  2. speech recognitionhuman sciencesThe point in speech at which an utterance ends.
  3. biologyA defined occurrence during the observation period of an experiment or study.
  4. chemistryThe stage in a titration at which a change in the colour of an indicator indicates that no more titrant should be added.
  5. communicationsThe entity at one end of a connection.
  6. computingPart of a system that serves as a hook, allowing third-party code to intercept and modify behaviour at that point.
  7. mathematicsEither of the two nodes of a graph of degree 1.
verbendpoint (third-person singular simple present endpoints, present participle endpointing, simple past and past participle endpointed)

present singular third person endpoints · participle present endpointing · participle past endpointed · past endpointed · alternative end point

  1. transitivespeech recognitionhuman sciencesTo detect the endpoint of an utterance.
  2. transitivechemistryTo determine an endpoint in a titration process.

Synonyms & antonyms

Broader

nouna place where something ends or is complete

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Arabic نقطة نهاية
  • نقطة نهايةeither of two points at the end of a line
Chinese Mandarin 端點 /端点, 終端 /终端
  • 端點 /端点 (duāndiǎn)either of two points at the end of a line
  • 終端 /终端 (zhōngduān)entity at one end of a connection
Esperanto finpunkto
  • finpunktoeither of two points at the end of a line
Finnish päätepiste, päätepiste
  • päätepisteeither of two points at the end of a line
  • päätepisteentity at one end of a connection
French extrémité
  • extrémitéeither of two points at the end of a line
German Endpunkt
  • Endpunkteither of two points at the end of a line
Hungarian végpont
  • végponteither of two points at the end of a line
Italian estremo
  • estremoeither of two points at the end of a line
Norwegian endepunkt
  • endepunkteither of two points at the end of a line
Polish punkt krańcowy, koniec odcinka
  • punkt krańcowyeither of two points at the end of a line
  • koniec odcinkaeither of two points at the end of a line
  • punkt końcowya defined occurrence during the observation period of an experiment or study
  • punkt końcowythe stage in a titration at which a change in the colour of an indicator indicates that no more titrant should be added
  • punkt końcowyentity at one end of a connection
  • punkt rozszerzeniapart of a system that serves as a hook
  • wierzchołek końcowyeither of the two nodes of a graph of degree 1
Russian конец промежутка, точка окончания
  • конец промежутка (konec promežutka)either of two points at the end of a line
  • точка окончания (točka okončanija)the stage in a titration at which a change in the colour of an indicator indicates that no more titrant should be added
  • конечная точка (konečnaja točka)part of a system that serves as a hook
  • эндпоинт (endpoint)part of a system that serves as a hook
Spanish punto extremo, extremo
  • punto extremoeither of two points at the end of a line
  • extremoeither of two points at the end of a line
  • punto finalthe stage in a titration at which a change in the colour of an indicator indicates that no more titrant should be added
  • punto finalentity at one end of a connection
Tagalog dulong tuldok, upong
  • dulong tuldokeither of two points at the end of a line
  • upongeither of two points at the end of a line
Turkish bitim noktası, bitiş noktası
  • bitim noktasıeither of two points at the end of a line
  • bitiş noktasıeither of two points at the end of a line
Vietnamese đầu mút, mút
  • đầu múteither of two points at the end of a line
  • múteither of two points at the end of a line
Cite this entry
APA

endpoint. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/endpoint

MLA

“endpoint.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/endpoint. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “endpoint,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/endpoint.

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