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cutoff

cu·toff

UK/kəˈtɒf/ US/kəˈtɔːf/ rare

noun

2.

a route shorter than the usual one

3.

a device that terminates the flow in a pipe

Origin

Deverbal from cut off.

Phrases

  • avulsive cutoff
  • cutoff low
  • cutoff time
  • final order cutoff
  • Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin cutoff

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