clipping
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clip·ping
(klĭp'ĭng) 
n.
n.
- Something cut off or out, especially an item clipped from a newspaper or magazine.
- See clipped form.
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clipping
(1) Cutting off the outer edges or boundaries of a word, signal or image. In rendering an image, clipping removes any objects or portions thereof that are not visible on screen. See scissoring. See also WCA.
(2) A square ("clipped") waveform that occurs when the power output of an amplifier cannot meet the power requirement of the speaker it is driving. Clipping can be very harmful to high-frequency speakers (tweeters).
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IN BRIEF: n. - The act of clipping or snipping; Cutting down to the desired size or shape; An excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine.
She carried the newspaper clipping with her everywhere.
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Saunders Veterinary Dictionary:
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clipping
Cutting of the hair or wool coat with clippers which may be equipped with blades of different sizes, depending on the purpose and degree of hair removal required. Fine-toothed blades are used in surgical preparation of the skin; coarse blades give various cosmetic results.
- c. machine — usually refers to electric clippers.
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categories related to 'clipping'
- Journalism - clipping: article cut from journal
- Football
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Clipping
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Clipping may refer to:
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- Clipping (publications), the cutting-out of articles from a paper publication
- Clipping (phonetics), shortening the articulation of a speech sound, usually a vowel
- Clipping (morphology), the formation of a new word by shortening it, e.g. ad from advertisement
Science and technology
- Coin clipping, shaving off a small portion of precious metal for profit
- Clipping (computer graphics), only drawing things that will be visible to the viewer
- Clipping (gardening), pruning, removing unwanted portions from a plant
- Clipping (medicine), surgical treatment used to treat an aneurysm
- Clipping (signal processing), a form of distortion that limits a signal once it exceeds a threshold. Some forms include:
- Clipping (audio), the clipping of the top and bottom of a sound wave, referred to as distortion or overdrive
- Clipping (photography), the clipping of overexposed area by digital cameras and film. The clipped areas turn to pure white.
- Soft clipping
Animals
- Clipping, sheep shearing
- Horse clipping, clipping all or part of the fur of a horse short, usually to help it to keep cool when working
- Wing clipping, trimming a bird's primary flight feathers to disable flight
Sports
- Clipping (American football), a penalty in American football
- Clipping (hockey), hitting an opposing player below the knees
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Clipping
Dansk (Danish)
n. - klipning, afklip, avisudklip
Français (French)
n. - coupure de presse, coupure
Deutsch (German)
n. - Ausschnitt, Schnipsel
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - απόκομμα (εφημερίδας κ.λπ.)
Português (Portuguese)
n. - corte (m), tosquia (f), recorte (m) de jornal, amostra (f) de tecido
Русский (Russian)
вырезка из газеты
Español (Spanish)
n. - recorte
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - klippning, avklippt stycke, tidningsurklipp (am.), ellips (språkv.)
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
剪报, 修剪, 剪, 剪下的东西
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 剪報, 修剪, 剪, 剪下的東西
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 切り取ったもの, 切り抜き
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) مقطع من جريدة أو شريط سينمائي, قصاصه
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - תגזיר, קטע-עיתון
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