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cut off

verb

1. the act of cutting off; limit or termination
2. ( as modifier )
  the cutoff point
a route or way that is shorter than the usual one; short cut
a device to terminate the flow of a fluid in a pipe or duct
Also calledoffcut the remnant of metal, plastic, etc, left after parts have been machined or trimmed
electronics
1. the value of voltage, frequency, etc, below or above which an electronic device cannot function efficiently
2. ( as modifier )
  cutoff voltage
a channel cutting across the neck of a meander, which leaves an oxbow lake
See oxbow
another name for oxbow

Meanwhile, new applications continue to pour in as a September 2014 cut-off date nears.

There is no consensus as to where the cut-off point should be for diagnosing dyslexia.

This would make sense, if there was a cut-off somewhere along the vast “deodorant using—crop dusting” continuum.

More to the point, an aid cut-off could actually increase leverage.

Now, he is pressing the idea of setting the cut-off at 56 in an effort to force more Americans off of Medicare.

Huge populations were in the shallow sandy backwaters and cut-off pools of the Arkansas River.

Figure 274 illustrates the manner of finding essential points in drawing or marking out cut-off cams.

These curved lines embrace a cut-off cam of five-eighths limit, shown complete in Figure 278.

The main valves are connected by a right and left hand screw, to enable their adjustment, as are also the cut-off valves.

They intend going the Salt Lake route from here, but we shall go the Sublett cut-off.

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