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n.
  1. A situation in which the set will be won by the player who scores the next point in a net game such as tennis.
  2. The point so scored.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the final point needed to win a set in tennis


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Set point or setpoint might mean one of:

  • Set point (tennis), a tennis term meaning one player is one point away from winning a set
  • Set point (medicine), a term referring to any one of a number of quantities (e.g. body weight, body temperature) which the body tries to keep at a particular value (see also homeostasis)
  • Setpoint (control system), the target value that an automatic control system, for example PID controller, will aim to reach
  • SetPoint, the driver suite for Logitech mice

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Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
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