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(klĭp'ĭng) pronunciation
n.
  1. Something cut off or out, especially an item clipped from a newspaper or magazine.
  2. See clipped form.

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(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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Distortion caused by overdriving an amplifier.


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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.

pronunciation She carried the newspaper clipping with her everywhere.

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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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Clipping may refer to:

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Science and technology

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

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - klipning, afklip, avisudklip

Nederlands (Dutch)
knipsel

Français (French)
n. - coupure de presse, coupure

Deutsch (German)
n. - Ausschnitt, Schnipsel

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - απόκομμα (εφημερίδας κ.λπ.)

Italiano (Italian)
ritaglio

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

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 깎기, 오려낸 것

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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