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• tipping point — UK US noun [S] ► a time during an activity or process when an important decision has to be made or when a situation changes completely: a tipping point in sth »Many developed countries are getting close to a tipping point in their attitude to the …   Financial and business terms

• tipping point — noun The point in a process at which an irreversible momentum is reached • • • Main Entry: ↑tip * * * ˈtipping point 7 [tipping point] noun the point at which the number of small changes over a period of time reaches a level where a further small …   Useful english dictionary

• tipping point — Small changes may have little effect until they build up to critical mass, then the next small change may suddenly change everything. this is the tipping point …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• Tipping point — The term tipping point describes a point at which a slow gradual change becomes irreversible and then proceeds with gathering pace. It is derived from the metaphor of a rigid solid object being tilted to a point where it begins to topple. It can… …   Wikipedia

• Tipping-Point — Der Begriff tipping point (deutsch: Umkipp Punkt) bezeichnet jenen Punkt oder Moment, an dem eine vorher lineare Entwicklung durch bestimmte Rückkopplungen abrupt abbricht, die Richtung wechselt oder stark beschleunigt wird („qualitativer… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• tipping point — n. In epidemiology, the concept that small changes will have little or no effect on a system until a critical mass is reached. Then a further small change tips the system and a large effect is observed. Example Citation: Epidemics have their own… …   New words

• Tipping point — Un tipping point, qu on peut traduire par « point de basculement sociologique », « point critique sociodynamique », « seuil de tolérance » ou « angle de repositionnement », est une expression de la… …   Wikipédia en Français

• tipping point — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms tipping point : singular tipping point plural tipping points 1) a time when important things start happening in a situation, especially things that you cannot change 2) medical the time during an epidemic when… …   English dictionary

• tipping point — /ˈtɪpɪŋ pɔɪnt/ (say tiping poynt) noun 1. (in epidemiology) the point at which the number of sufferers of an infectious disease reaches a critical mass that can produce an epidemic. 2. the point at which small changes which individually have no… …  

• tipping point —    Small changes may have little effect until they build up to critical mass, then the next small change may suddenly change everything. this is the tipping point.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• Tipping point —   Small changes may have little effect until they build up to critical mass, then the next small change may suddenly change everything. this is the tipping point …   Dictionary of English idioms