tipping point
tipping point
noun
1.
the point at which an issue, idea, product, etc., crosses a certain threshhold and gains significant momentum, triggered by some minor factor or change.
2.
the point in a situation at which a minor development precipitates a crisis: Every infected person brings us closer to the tipping point, when the outbreak becomes an epidemic.
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| —n | |
| the crisis stage in a process, when a significant change takes place | |
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Tipping point
is always a great word to know.
So is heat. Does it mean:
| nonmechanical energy transfer with reference to a temperature difference between a system and its surroundings |
| the ability of a substance to flow; a measure of this ability, the reciprocal of the coefficient of viscosity |
Dictionary.com's 21st Century Lexicon
| Main Entry: | tipping point |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | the culmination of a build-up of small changes that effects a big change |
| Etymology: | from a book of this title by Malcolm Gladwell explaining epidemics |
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