Usually means: Critical juncture causing system failure.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. break point: Merriam-Webster
  2. break point: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. break point: Collins English Dictionary
  4. break-point: Wordnik
  5. break point: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. break point: Wiktionary
  7. break point: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. break point: Dictionary.com
  9. Break Point (film), Break point: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. break point: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. break point: Financial dictionary

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  1. break point: Encyclopedia

Sports (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Break point: Tennis Glossary
  2. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  3. Break point: Sports Definitions

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Definitions from Wiktionary (break point)

▸ noun:  (tennis) A situation in which if the receiver wins the next point, (s)he will win the game (but not the set or match).

Similar:
game point, set point, double break point, match point, mini-break, matchpoint, break, double-break, mini-hold, advantage, more...

Opposite:
breakthrough, turning point, milestone

Phrases:
break even point, cash flow break even point, decision break point analysis, fare break point, more...

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Similar:
game point, set point, double break point, match point, mini-break, matchpoint, break, double-break, mini-hold, advantage, more...

Opposite:
breakthrough, turning point, milestone

Phrases:
break even point, cash flow break even point, decision break point analysis, fare break point, more...



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