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Science and technology

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Tipping point (physics) Hysteresis is the dependence of the state of a system on its history. For example, a magnet may have more than one possible magnetic moment in a given magnetic field, depending on how the field changed in the past. Plots of a single component of ...
, a threshold in a sharp hysteresis loop; once reached, the system rapidly changes its state * Tipping point (sociology), an event when a previously rare phenomenon becomes rapidly and dramatically more common * Tipping point, in
catastrophe theory In mathematics, catastrophe theory is a branch of bifurcation theory in the study of dynamical systems; it is also a particular special case of more general singularity theory in geometry. Bifurcation theory studies and classifies phenomena cha ...
, the value of the parameter in which the set of equilibria abruptly changes * Tipping points in the climate system, thresholds that, when exceeded, can lead to large changes in the state of the system


As a proper name


Arts, entertainment, and media


Literature

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The Tipping Point ''The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference'' is the debut book by Malcolm Gladwell, first published by Little, Brown in 2000. Gladwell defines a tipping point as "the moment of critical mass, the threshold, the boiling po ...
'', a 2000 book by Malcolm Gladwell


Music

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Tipping Point (band) Tipping Point is an experimental contemporary jazz quartet from England, founded in 2013 by James Mainwaring. All members are alumni of Leeds College of Music and active in other successful projects. Tipping Point released their debut album, ''Th ...
, an experimental contemporary jazz quartet from England, founded in 2013 * ''The Tipping Point'' (Authority Zero album), 2013 * ''The Tipping Point'' (The Roots album), 2004 * ''The Tipping Point'' (Tears for Fears album), 2022


Television

* ''Tipping Point'' (game show), a British game show * "Tipping Point", an episode of ''
CSI: Miami ''CSI: Miami'' (''Crime Scene Investigation: Miami'') is an American police procedural drama television series that ran from September 23, 2002 until April 8, 2012 on CBS. Featuring David Caruso as Lieutenant Horatio Caine, Emily Procter as Dete ...
'' * "The Tipping Point" (''The Outer Limits''), a TV episode


Other uses as a proper name

* Tipping Point Community, a US philanthropic organization * TippingPoint, a network security company


Other uses

* Tipping-point state, in US presidential elections, the state that secures a candidate's victory, when all states are arranged in order of their vote margins


See also

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Inflection point In differential calculus and differential geometry, an inflection point, point of inflection, flex, or inflection (British English: inflexion) is a point on a smooth plane curve at which the curvature changes sign. In particular, in the case of ...
* Tip (disambiguation) *
Tipping (disambiguation) Tipping may refer to: *Tip (law enforcement) *A piece of advice (opinion) *Gratuity, also called tipping * Tipping (surname) *Tipping baronets, a title in the Baronetage of England *Norsk Tipping, the national lottery of Norway See also *Cow tippi ...
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