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tipping point

tip·ping point (plural tip·ping points)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. critical juncture: a defining moment in a series of events at which time a series of significant, often momentous and irreversible reactions occur

2. rapid spread in epidemic: the stage during an epidemic when the agent, especially a virus, begins to increase very rapidly in a population

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