Point Of No Return

Definition: Point Of No Return

Point Of No Return

Noun

1. A line that when crossed permits of no return and typically results in irrevocable commitment.

Synonym: Point Of No Return

Synonym: Rubicon (n). (additional references)

Point of No Return is a "ballet for tape (stereo)" composed by Juan Maria Solare. Designed in Worpswede (24-28/JAN/2002), details 14/MAR/2002, made in Cologne at the composer's studio, 29/SEP-5/OCT 2002. [5'00"]. First performance: 13/APR/2003 at the Akademie für Tonkunst, Darmstadt (Germany), in the frame of the concert "Begegnung mit Lateinamerika - Elektroakustische Musik" ("Encounter with Latin America - electroacoustic music"), during the 57th Days of the Institut für neue Musik und Musikerziehung (Institut for New Music and Music Education). Mixer in 8-canals by the composer.

See also Point of no return (aviation and metaphorical usage)

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Point of No Return (1993)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	World Health Day 1975 : Smallpox: Point of no return. / WHO P. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by K. Frucht..
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "point of no return"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
French		point de non retour. (various references)

Hungarian		kritikus pont (stagnation point). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		帰還不能限界点 (the point of no return). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		きか�"ふのう�'�"かいて�" (the point of no return). (various references)

Pig Latin		ointpay ofay onay eturnray

Portuguese		beco sem saída (blind alley, corner, cul de sac, cul-de-sac, dead center, dead centre, dead end, dead lock, impassibility, stalemate), apontar para. (various references)

Russian		критическая точка. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-f-i-n-n-n-o-o-o-p-r-r-t-t-u"
	-5 letters: intertroop, nonprotein, nonroutine.
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 6F 69 6E 74 4F 66 4E 6F 52 65 74 75 72 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01101111 01101001 01101110 01110100 00100000 01001111 01100110 00100000 01001110 01101111 00100000 01010010 01100101 01110100 01110101 01110010 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#111 &#105 &#110 &#116 &#32 &#79 &#102 &#32 &#78 &#111 &#32 &#82 &#101 &#116 &#117 &#114 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 006F 0069 006E 0074 004F 0066 004E 006F 0052 0065 0074 0075 0072 006E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

508175808624972248812527186878480

Non-English Dictionaries with "Point Of No Return"

Language	Coverage	Language Translations
French	dictionnaire, définition, traduction	français, francia, フレコン化 , 仏文 , フランス�" , 仏 , ふつぶ�", ふつ, フレンチ , フランセ , francês, французский
Hungarian	szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás	hongrois, magyar, венгр, венгерский
Japanese Kanji	辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ�'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳	Japonais, japán, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう�", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ�", japonês, японский, японец
Japanese Katakana	じい, じびき, じて�", ディクショナリー , じり�", じしょ, �'�"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい�"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, �"うどく, ほ�"やく, ほ�"やくしょ	Japonais, japán, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう�", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ�", japonês, японский, японец
Portuguese	dicionário, definição, tradução	portugais, portugál, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル�", português, португальский
Russian	словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение	orosz, ロシア語 , ロシア�", русский
English	Dictionary, Definition, Translation	anglais, angol, inglês, английский

Expression	Frequency per Day
point of no return	37
point of no return movie	3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Point Of No Return

Definition: Point Of No Return