(medicine) A cutoff point (cutoff value, threshold value, cutpoint): the amount set by an operational definition as the transition point between states in a discretization or dichotomization.

Sense（3）

A road, path or channel that provides a shorter or quicker path; a shortcut.

Sense（4）

A device that stops the flow of a current.

Sense（5）

A device for saving steam by regulating its admission to the cylinder (see quotation at cut-off).

Sense（6）

A cessation in a flow or activity.

If the treatment is approved, a script is written. If the script is approved, it goes into production. But this is usually a long and painful process. A cutoff can take place (and often does) at any step along the way.

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Sense（7）

(poker) The player who acts directly before the player on the button pre-flop.

Sense（8）

(fashion, chiefly in the plural) Shorts made by cutting off the legs from trousers.

[…] I spotted through the window a young woman casually crossing Astor Place wearing a pair of cutoffs, some sandals and — it is fully legal to do this — naked above the waist.

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