Set point or setpoint may refer to:
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Set point (tennis), a tennis term meaning one player is one point away from winning a set
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Set point (endocrinology) Set point or setpoint may refer to:
* Set point (tennis), a tennis term meaning one player is one point away from winning a set
* Set point (endocrinology), a term encompassing a number of quantities (e.g. body weight, body temperature) where the ...
, a term encompassing a number of quantities (e.g.
body weight
Human body weight is a person's Mass versus weight, mass or weight.
Strictly speaking, body weight is the measurement of weight without items located on the person. Practically though, body weight may be measured with clothes on, but without shoe ...
,
body temperature
Thermoregulation is the ability of an organism to keep its body temperature within certain boundaries, even when the surrounding temperature is very different. A thermoconforming organism, by contrast, simply adopts the surrounding temperatur ...
) where the
endocrine system
The endocrine system is a messenger system comprising feedback loops of the hormones released by internal glands of an organism directly into the circulatory system, regulating distant target organs. In vertebrates, the hypothalamus is the neur ...
contributes to regulation and
homeostasis
In biology, homeostasis (British English, British also homoeostasis) Help:IPA/English, (/hɒmɪə(ʊ)ˈsteɪsɪs/) is the state of steady internal, physics, physical, and chemistry, chemical conditions maintained by organism, living systems. Thi ...
.
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Setpoint (control system)
In cybernetics and control theory, a setpoint (SP; also set point) is the desired or target value for an essential variable, or process value (PV) of a control system. Departure of such a variable from its setpoint is one basis for error-contr ...
, the target value that an automatic control system, for example PID controller, will aim to reach
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Set point theory, a theory describing how the body maintains a consistent weight over time
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''Set Point'' (album), the fourth studio album by
Yolka
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