set point

Definitions

Construction

  • The desired value of the controlled variable (i.e., temperature, pressure).

Electronics

  • The point, level, or setting which a control system strives to maintain.
  • The point, level, or setting which a component, circuit, device, piece of equipment, or system is selected to operate at.

Food

  • noun the body weight at which a person’s metabolism is naturally constant and balanced

Sports

  • noun a situation in a tennis match in which a player has only to win the next point to win the set, or the point he or she has to win
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