cutoff

limite, date limite

Point ou moment au-delà duquel quelque chose cesse ou n’est plus autorisé.

En anglais simple : A point beyond which something stops or is no longer allowed.

• The cutoff is at noon.
• Is there an age cutoff for this competition?
• Applications received after the cutoff will be rejected.

Comment l'utiliser : cutoff for something (Friday is the cutoff for applications.)

Synonymes : limit, deadline, endpoint

Expressions courantes : cutoff date, age cutoff, cutoff point

raccourci

Route, sentier ou canal permettant de suivre un trajet plus court.

En anglais simple : A road, path, or water channel that provides a shorter route.

• Take the cutoff to save time.
• This cutoff avoids the busy main road.
• The river formed a new cutoff across the bend.

Synonymes : shortcut

Contraires : detour

Expressions courantes : take the cutoff, river cutoff, mountain cutoff

coupe-circuit, disjoncteur

Dispositif qui interrompt le passage du courant électrique.

En anglais simple : A device that stops electricity from flowing.

• The safety cutoff stopped the motor.
• An automatic cutoff prevents the heater from overheating.
• Check that the electrical cutoff works before starting repairs.

Synonymes : cutout, circuit breaker

Expressions courantes : automatic cutoff, safety cutoff, emergency cutoff

dispositif de coupure de vapeur

Dispositif qui économise la vapeur en réglant son admission dans le cylindre d’un moteur.

En anglais simple : A device that saves steam by controlling when it enters an engine cylinder.

• The cutoff controls steam entering the cylinder.
• The engineer adjusted the cutoff to save steam.
• A faulty cutoff reduced the engine's efficiency.

Expressions courantes : steam cutoff, adjust the cutoff, engine cutoff

limite, de clôture

Qui indique le point ou le moment où quelque chose cesse ou n’est plus autorisé.

En anglais simple : Marking the point or time at which something ends or is no longer allowed.

• The cutoff date is Friday.
• We missed the cutoff time for registration.
• They set a cutoff age of eighteen.

Synonymes : limiting, final

Expressions courantes : cutoff date, cutoff time, cutoff point

seuil, de coupure

Qualifie une valeur de test servant à déterminer la présence d’une maladie ou d’un trouble.

En anglais simple : Describing a test value used to decide whether a disease or condition is present.

• The test uses a cutoff score of ten.
• Results above the cutoff value suggest an infection.
• Changing the cutoff level affects how many cases are detected.

Expressions courantes : cutoff score, cutoff value, cutoff level