match point
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noun
1.
(in tennis, squash, handball, etc.) the point that if won would enable the scorer or the scorer's side to win the match.
2.
Duplicate Bridge. a scoring unit consisting of one point awarded to a partnership for each opposing partnership whose score they better on a hand and of one-half point for each opposing partnership whose score they equal.
Origin:
1920–25
1920–25
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| match point | |
| —n | |
| 1. | sport the final point needed to win a match |
| 2. | bridge the unit used for scoring in tournaments |
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Example sentences
Match point is any combination of temperature and wavelength, at which two media have indistinguishable refractive indices.
She broke right back and after a nervy double-fault on her first match point, closed out the win.
Next, a match point is chosen for any point on both curves.
He faces match point, hopping from foot to foot, then hits the ball wide.
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