Set point or setpoint may refer to:
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Set point (tennis)
This page is a glossary of tennis terminology.
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* Ace (tennis), Ace: Serve where the tennis ball lands inside the ''#service box, service box'' and is not touched by the receiver; thus, a shot that is both a serve and a winner is an ace. Aces a ...
, 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 or weight.
Strictly speaking, body weight is the measurement of mass without items located on the person. Practically though, body weight may be measured with clothes on, but without shoes or heavy accessori ...
,
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 temperature ...
) where the
endocrine system
The endocrine system is a messenger system in an organism comprising feedback loops of hormones that are released by internal glands directly into the circulatory system and that target and regulate distant Organ (biology), organs. In vertebrat ...
contributes to regulation and
homeostasis
In biology, homeostasis (British English, British also homoeostasis; ) is the state of steady internal physics, physical and chemistry, chemical conditions maintained by organism, living systems. This is the condition of optimal functioning fo ...
.
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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, which may differ from the actual measured value of the variable. Departure ...
, the target value that an automatic control system, for example PID controller, will aim to reach
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Set point theory
Set point theory, as it pertains to human body weight, states that there is a biological control method in humans that actively regulates weight towards a predetermined set weight for each individual. This may occur through regulation of energy in ...
, 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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