Set point

Set point

Set point or setpoint might mean one of:

* Set point (tennis), a tennis term meaning one player is one point away from winning a set
* Set point (electronics), a term which refers to the point at which an electrical circuit is either activated or de-activated
* Set point (medicine), a term referring to any one of a number of quantities (e.g. body weight, body temperature) which the body tries to keep at a particular value (see also homeostasis)
* Setpoint (control system), the target value that an automatic control system, for example PID controller, will aim to reach
* SetPoint, the driver suite for Logitech mice


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  • Set-Point — Die Theorie des Set Point besagt, dass das menschliche Körpergewicht genetisch programmiert ist und nicht willentlich geändert werden kann. So wie ein Thermostat die Temperatur in einem Raum reguliere, gebe es bei Erwachsenen ein individuelles… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Set point — Die Theorie des Set Point besagt, dass das menschliche Körpergewicht genetisch programmiert ist und nicht willentlich geändert werden kann. So wie ein Thermostat die Temperatur in einem Raum reguliere, gebe es bei Erwachsenen ein individuelles… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Set-Point-Theorie — Die Theorie des Set Point besagt, dass das menschliche Körpergewicht genetisch programmiert ist und nicht willentlich geändert werden kann. So wie ein Thermostat die Temperatur in einem Raum reguliere, gebe es bei Erwachsenen ein individuelles… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • set point — noun Date: 1928 1. a situation (as in tennis) in which one player will win the set by winning the next point; also the point won 2. the level or point at which a variable physiological state (as body temperature or weight) tends to stabilize …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • set point — noun a) A situation where if one of the two players wins the next point, (s)he will win the set (but not the match). b) A setting or location that is fixed. Syn: set ball …   Wiktionary

  • set point — 1. Tennis. the point that if won would enable the scorer or his or her side to win the set. 2. setpoint. [1925 30] * * * …   Universalium

  • HIV set point — The HIV set point is the viral load of a person infected with HIV, which stabilizes after a period of acute HIV infection. The set point is reached after the immune system has developed HIV antibodies and begins to attempt to fight the virus. The …   Wikipedia

  • set — /set/, v., set, setting, n., adj., interj. v.t. 1. to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table. 2. to place in a particular position or posture: Set the baby on his feet. 3. to place in some relation to something …   Universalium

  • Point Counter Point — published in 1928, was Aldous Huxley s fourth novel. It is highly regarded: the Modern Library lists it in the top 100 novels of the 20th century. [ [http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/100bestnovels.html The Modern Library 100 Best Novels] …   Wikipedia

  • Set — (s[e^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Set}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Setting}.] [OE. setten, AS. setton; akin to OS. settian, OFries. setta, D. zetten, OHG. sezzen, G. setzen, Icel. setja, Sw. s[ a]tta, Dan. s?tte, Goth. satjan; causative from the root of E.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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