endpoint

[end-point] Origin

end·point

[end-point]
noun Mathematics.
the point on each side of an interval marking its extremity on that side.


Origin:
1895–1900; end1 + point
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Endpoint is always a great word to know.
So is analysis. Does it mean:
a variable in a functional relation whose value determines the value or values of other variables, such as x in the relation y = 3x
a system of calculation based on the properties of numbers; the discussion of a problem by algebra consisting of calculus and its higher developments
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Word Origin & History

endpoint
1899, originally in chemistry, from end + point. General use from 1920s.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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