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AH020387 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

'Tipping point'

What does 'tipping point' mean?
  

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It means the point at which a situation with move in one direction or another. It is generally caused by an outside influence. For example: You want to buy that new car but you don't know if you could afford the payments.

  • It means the point at which a situation with move in one direction or another.
  • It is generally caused by an outside influence.
  • For example: You want to buy that new car but you don't know if you could afford the payments.
  • You are in a situation that could go either way, you don't buy the car or you do.
  • Your spouse calls to tell you that you have won the lottery.
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It means the point at which a situation with move in one direction or another. It is generally caused by an outside influence.

For example:

You want to buy that new car but you don't know if you could afford the payments. You are in a situation that could go either way, you don't buy the car or you do. Your spouse calls to tell you that you have won the lottery. Now you can a
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It is a point in time when an event, a discovery, the weight of evidence, or spread of popularity irrevocably causes the full-scale and wholesale adoption of an idea, practice, or technology.

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