change point

British  

noun

1. surveying a point to which a foresight and backsight are taken in levelling; turning point

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Example Sentences

Supporters of the change point to the one-match reduction, which is favoured by players.

From BBC • Sep. 3, 2025

Some critics of the proposed change point out that switching to daylight time in the winter would leave children standing at their bus stops in the dark.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 17, 2019

And one change point is the strategy of leaderless resistance in 1983, which sort of changes the way that we think about leadership and recruitment.

From Slate • Apr. 11, 2018

B.R.M. contributed change point detection algorithms and power density ratio calculations.

From Nature • Feb. 4, 2018

Once or twice, also, the barometer rising gave reason to fear that the wind might change point for point; that is to say, that it might pass to the east.

From Dick Sand A Captain at Fifteen by Verne, Jules