Set point

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Set point might mean one of:

  • Set point (tennis), a tennis term meaning one player is one point away from winning a set
  • Set point (electronics), a term which refers to the point at which an electrical circuit is either activated or de-activated
  • 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 is the target value that an automatic control system, for example PID controller, will aim to reach.