point of no return
Noun
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Noun
point of no return
- (aviation) The point in an aircraft's flight when there is insufficient fuel to reverse direction and return to the place of origin.
- The point in any process or sequence of events where some development becomes inevitable.
- 2005 September 16, Steve Connor, "[https://web.archive.org/web/20070115054054/http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/article312997.ece Global warming 'past the point of no return']," The Independent:
- A record loss of sea ice in the Arctic this summer has convinced scientists that the northern hemisphere may have crossed a critical threshold beyond which the climate may never recover.
- 2005 September 16, Steve Connor, "[https://web.archive.org/web/20070115054054/http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/article312997.ece Global warming 'past the point of no return']," The Independent:
The moment when orgasm is inevitable.
- French: point de non-retour
- German: Umkehrgrenzpunkt
- Russian: то́чка невозвра́та
- Spanish: punto de no retorno
- French: point de non-retour
- German: Umkehrgrenzpunkt
- Italian: punto di non ritorno
- Russian: то́чка невозвра́та
- Spanish: punto de no retorno
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