point d'arrêt
/ˌpwã daˈrɛt/Geometry (now rare )
noun
A point at which a branch of a curve terminates; an end point of a curve; also in extended use.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Nature: a weekly journal of science. From French point d'arrêt stopping point from point + de + arrêt.
- better the devil you know than the devil you don't know
- better-to-do
- Betterton, Thomas
- bet the farm
- betting
- betting office
- betting shop
- betting slip
- Betti, Ugo
- bettong
- bettor
- be tuned in
- between
- between a rock and a hard place
- between jobs
- between ourselves (or you and me)
- between the devil and the deep blue sea
- between you and me and the bedpost (or the gatepost or the wall)
- between you and me and the gatepost
- between you and me and the wall
- be twice the man/woman (that someone is)
- betwixt
- betwixt and between
- be two a penny
- be two (or ten) a penny