CUTOFF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cutoff mean? 

• CUTOFF (noun)
  The noun CUTOFF has 3 senses:

1. a designated limit beyond which something cannot function or must be terminated

2. a route shorter than the usual one

3. a device that terminates the flow in a pipe

  Familiarity information: CUTOFF used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CUTOFF (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A designated limit beyond which something cannot function or must be terminated

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("cutoff" is a kind of...):

limit; limitation (the greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A route shorter than the usual one

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

crosscut; cutoff; shortcut

Hypernyms ("cutoff" is a kind of...):

road; route (an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A device that terminates the flow in a pipe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("cutoff" is a kind of...):

device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)

 Context examples 

Twisting of the ovary resulting in the cutoff of the blood supply to the ovary.

(Ovarian Torsion, NCI Thesaurus)

According to the researchers, this threshold is higher than the standard cutoff for diagnosing folate deficiency (less than 10 nm/L).

(Proper maternal folate level may reduce child obesity risk, NIH)

Text that describes the cutoff date.

(Data Cutoff Date Description, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A textual description of the data cutoff date.

(Data Cutoff Date Description, NCI Thesaurus)

An award to provide limited support to scientists whose research applications fall short of the institute/center funding cutoff but are at the margin of funding in which high quality grants are not awarded due to lack of funds.

(James A. Shannon Director's Award, NCI Thesaurus)