cutoff

cutoff Definition

cut·off (kut′ôf′)

noun

the act of cutting off; esp., the limit or ending set for a process, activity, etc.
a road or passage that cuts across, shortening the distance
☆
1. a new and shorter channel cut by a river across a bend, or dug out to straighten it
2. the water thus cut off
the act of stopping steam, etc. from entering the cylinder of an engine
any device for cutting off the flow of a fluid, a connection, etc.
☆ jeans with the legs cut off at or above the knees, or shorts made to look like this

adjective

of an arbitrary ending or limit cutoff date
Baseball having to do with a fielder who is in a position to relay a throw from an outfielder to an infielder in an attempt to put out a base runner

cutoff Usage Examples

Converse of object

bond: I first used a non bonded cutoff of 12A for the non-periodic system.
apply: However, if you apply a 3-sigma cutoff, you will have less and less spots as you get out to high resolution.
set: We have simply set the cutoff equal to the minimum between the first and second peaks in the liquid radial distribution function.
give: Longer windows give a sharper cutoff, smaller windows a more gradual cutoff.

Adjective modifier

3-sigma: However, if you apply a 3-sigma cutoff, you will have less and less spots as you get out to high resolution.
sharp: Longer windows give a sharper cutoff, smaller windows a more gradual cutoff.
potential: When specified as bonded potential cutoffs are omitted from input.
low: Tens of thousands more are found at lower cutoffs.
high: This will have the effect of placing a numerically greater limit on the high resolution cutoff.

Modifies a noun

frequency: The filter used here is a 34th order low pass filter, with a cutoff frequency of 1kHz.
treaty: Third, talks on a verifiable fissile material cutoff treaty should start immediately.
simulation: To begin with the potential energy is some 3,000 kcal/mol higher than the 12 angstrom cutoff simulation.
depth: In order to cope with them the cutoff depth of the display can be adjusted.
score: A CES-D cutoff score is used to construct the depression variable.
distance: The output numbers of course depend heavily on the cutoff distances selected!

Noun used with modifier

angstrom: To begin with the potential energy is some 3,000 kcal/mol higher than the 12 angstrom cutoff simulation.
filter: The High pass filter cutoff controls the longest temporal period that you will allow.
resolution: There is no inner resolution cutoff, or sigma cutoff.
distance: As IT said before, a reasonable distance cutoff seems feasible.
material: Third, talks on a verifiable fissile material cutoff treaty should start immediately.

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