endpoint

or end point

[end-point]

noun Mathematics.

the point on each side of an interval marking its extremity on that side.

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Origin of endpoint

First recorded in 1895–1900; end¹ + point

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Examples from the Web for endpoint

Contemporary Examples

What do you think the endpoint is in terms of us giving up our privacy, whether it to be companies, or the government?
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Each one represents the endpoint of a long process of winnowing, pruning and perfecting, driven entirely by the market.
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September 28, 2012
The uncertainty of an endpoint to the conflict made him eager to truly “complete his religion,” as he said, and get married.
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Word Origin and History for endpoint

n.

also end-point, 1899, originally in chemistry, from end + point (n.). General use from 1920s.

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