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tipping point
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ある物事が緩やかに変化していく中で、ある閾値を超えることで、その変化が元に戻らなくなる転換点、すなわち状況が劇的に変わる臨界点を指す。
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(mathematics, catastrophe theory) The point at which a slow, reversible change becomes irreversible, often with dramatic consequences.
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Scientists warned that the melting of the polar ice sheets could reach a tipping point beyond which sea level rise would accelerate irreversibly.
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Scientists warned that the melting of the polar ice sheets could reach a tipping point beyond which sea level rise would accelerate irreversibly.
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