end point

American  

noun

1. a final goal or finishing point; terminus.

2. Chemistry. the point in a titration usually noting the completion of a reaction and marked by a change of some kind, as of the color of an indicator.

3. Mathematics. endpoint.

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end point British  

noun

1. chem the point at which a titration is complete, usually marked by a change in colour of an indicator

2. the point at which anything is complete

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Etymology

Origin of end point

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

They may conclude that they don’t want to pay the big costs needed to get to the deeply uncertain end point.

From The Wall Street Journal

By contrast, today companies aren’t spending money up front and then sprinting to grow sales, but rather making a small number of sales in between investing huge amounts of capital with no apparent end point.

From Barron's

“She had vision around our ability to be AI from end point to data center and everything in between,” Talwalkar, a veteran chip executive, said.

From The Wall Street Journal

One concern about switching to two 30-minute halves is the footprint of a match would theoretically have no fixed end point.

From BBC

That means the Essence Phase 3 study, evaluating the treatments in patients ages 6 to 13, failed their primary end points.

From MarketWatch

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