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cut-off [ cut-·off ]
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1. A point or level which is a designated limit of something.
2, 500 g is the standard cut-off below which infants are categorized as ‘low birthweight’
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2. An act of stopping or interrupting the supply of something.
In the first five years after the cut-off of Russian aid, the economy contracted by a third.
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3. A device for producing an interruption in flow of a power or fuel supply.
Sometimes the vehicle redlines and fuel cut-offs aren't true to life.
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4. A sudden drop in amplification or responsiveness of an electric device at a certain frequency.
a cut-off frequency of 8 Hz
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5. The stopping of the supply of steam to the cylinders of a steam engine when the piston has travelled a set percentage of its stroke.
Consequently, they were worked with a full throttle and the shortest cut-off at which boiler steam pressure and water supply could be maintained.
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6. (cut-offs) Shorts made by cutting off the legs of a pair of jeans or other trousers and leaving the edges unhemmed.
She put on a black tank top and a pair of black jean cut-offs.
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7. A short cut.
At Obico a cut-off was built to Canpa in 1910 as a short cut to reach the Joint Section which would allow freight trains to and from Hamilton a direct route to Lambton Yard.
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