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breakpoint

[ breyk-point ]
/ ˈbreɪkˌpɔɪnt /

noun

a convenient point at which to make a change, interruption, etc.

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Origin of breakpoint

break + point

Words nearby breakpoint

break one's word, breakout, break-out group, break out of, breakover, breakpoint, break ranks, breakroom, break someone, break someone of something, break someone's heart

Definition for breakpoint (2 of 2)

break point

noun Tennis.

a situation in which the receiving side, holding the advantage, can win the game by winning the next point.
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British Dictionary definitions for breakpoint (1 of 2)

breakpoint
/ (ˈbreɪkˌpɔɪnt) /

noun

computing
  1. an instruction inserted by a debug program causing a return to the debug program
  2. the point in a program at which such an instruction operates

British Dictionary definitions for breakpoint (2 of 2)

break point

noun

tennis a point which allows the receiving player to break the service of the server
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