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 (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

Famous quotes containing the words set and/or point:

    He turns agen and drives the noisy crowd
    And beats the dogs in noises loud.
    He drives away and beats them every one,
    And then they loose them all and set them on.
    He falls as dead and kicked by boys and men,
    Then starts and grins and drives the crowd agen;
    Till kicked and torn and beaten out he lies
    And leaves his hold and cackles, groans, and dies.
    John Clare (1793–1864)

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    Lionel Trilling (1905–1975)