Cutoff

Cutoff

Cutoff or cut off or cut-off may refer to:

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Science and technology

  • Cutoff (physics), a threshold value for a quantity
  • Cutoff (reference value), a one-sided reference range
  • Cutoff (steam engine), the point in the piston stroke at which the inlet valve is closed
  • Cutoff (metalworking), a piercing operation used to cut a workpiece from the stock
  • Cutoff grade, in mining, the level of mineral in an ore below which it is not economically feasible to mine it
  • Cutoff frequency, in telecommunications and digital signal processing
  • Cut-off (electronics), when in a MOSFET device the gate to source control voltage is less than a threshold value denoted by VT or VTh: then the channel is said to be cut-off, imposing the flow of a very low drain-to-source current
  • Meander cutoff, a course change in a meadering river
  • Fuse (electrical), a type of overcurrent protection device

Clothing and fashion

  • Kutte, a usually sleeveless decorated jacket
  • Crop top, a shirt that exposes the midriff
  • Cut-off shorts, long pants that have been cut at the knee level (usually without a hem) to create shorts

Roads and trails

  • Elliott Cutoff, a covered wagon road that branched off the Oregon Trail at the Malheur River
  • Goodale's Cutoff, formed a spur of the Oregon Trail in Idaho, United States
  • Lackawanna Cut-Off, a former double-track railroad
  • Meek Cutoff, a covered wagon road that branched off the Oregon Trail in north-eastern Oregon
  • Patterson Creek Cutoff, an abandoned railroad line built by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in northern West Virginia and Western Maryland
  • Salt Lake Cutoff, one of the many shortcuts that branched from the California, Mormon and Oregon Trails in the United States

Other uses

See also


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  • cutoff — [kut′ôf΄] n. 1. the act of cutting off; esp., the limit or ending set for a process, activity, etc. 2. a road or passage that cuts across, shortening the distance 3. ☆ a) a new and shorter channel cut by a river across a bend, or dug out to… …   English World dictionary

  • cutoff — (n.) 1640s, act of cutting off, also portion cut off, from verbal phrase cut off (late 14c.). Of rivers, from 1773; of roads, from 1806; of clothing (adj.), from 1840 …   Etymology dictionary

  • cutoff — The point of time at which a *financial reporting period ends. Cutoff dates are important in determining the allocation of transactions to time periods in accordance with the *accruals basis of accounting. For example, an auditor may verify that… …   Auditor's dictionary

  • cutoff — UK [ˈkʌtɒf] / US [ˈkʌtˌɔf] noun Word forms cutoff : singular cutoff plural cutoffs 1) [countable] a level or limit at which something stops the cutoff date by which all applications must be received 2) [countable] a part of a pipe that can be… …   English dictionary

  • cutoff — noun Date: 1741 1. the act or action of cutting off 2. a. the new and relatively short channel formed when a stream cuts through the neck of an oxbow b. shortcut 1 c. a channel made to straighten a stream 3. a device for cutting off …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • cutoff — /kut awf , of /, n. 1. an act or instance of cutting off. 2. something that cuts off. 3. a road, passage, etc., that leaves another, usually providing a shortcut: Let s take the cutoff to Baltimore. 4. a new and shorter channel formed in a river… …   Universalium

  • cutoff — also cut off BrE noun 1 (C) a fixed limit or level at which you decide to or have to stop doing something: cutoff date/score/point (=the date etc when you stop doing something): The cutoff point for this sample was a score of 50% or more. 2… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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