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setpoint
or set point
[ set-point ]
noun
- the desired value in a closed-loop feedback system, as in regulation of temperature or pressure.
- Physiology. an internal regulatory system for maintaining a relatively stable physiological condition in the face of changing external circumstances, as body temperature in a varying climate. Compare homeostasis.
- a hypothetical regulator in the body that maintains a relatively stable body weight.
- the weight range thus theoretically maintained.
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