Cut may refer to:

Common uses

* The act of

cutting Cutting is the separation or opening of a physical object, into two or more portions, through the application of an acutely directed force. Implements commonly used for wikt:cut, cutting are the knife and saw, or in medicine and science the scal ...

, the separation of an object into two through acutely-directed force ** A type of

wound A wound is a rapid onset of injury that involves laceration, lacerated or puncture wound, punctured skin (an ''open'' wound), or a bruise, contusion (a ''closed'' wound) from blunt force physical trauma, trauma or compression. In pathology, a '' ...

Cut (archaeology) In archaeology and archaeological stratification, a cut or truncation is a context that represents a moment in time when other archaeological deposits were removed for the creation of some feature, such as a ditch or pit. In layman's terms, a cu ...

, a hole dug in the past ** Cut (clothing), the style or shape of a garment **

Cut (earthmoving) In civil engineering, a cut or cutting is where soil or rock from a relative rise along a route is removed. The term is also used in river management to speed a waterway's flow by short-cutting a meander. Cuts are typically used in road, rail, ...

, an excavation to make way for a transport route ** Cut (etiquette), a snub or slight such as failure to greet an acquaintance **

Cut (gems) When a gemstone is desired to be used in jewelry, it is cut depending on the size and shape of the rough stone, as well as the desired piece of jewelry to be made. As a general rule, a cut gemstone will reduce the mass (described in the carat) b ...

Cut of meat Cut may refer to: Common uses * The act of cutting, the separation of an object into two through acutely-directed force ** A type of wound ** Cut (archaeology), a hole dug in the past ** Cut (clothing), the style or shape of a garment ** Cut (ea ...

Cutting agent A cutting agent is a chemical used to "cut" ( dilute or adulterate) recreational drugs with something less expensive than the drug itself. Overview The classical model of drug cutting, according to Preble and Casey (1969), refers to the way ...

, a diluent used to dilute illicit drugs

Geography

* Cut, Alba, Romania * Cut, Texas, an unincorporated community in Houston County, Texas * Cut, a village in Dumbrava Roșie, Neamț County, Romania * Cut River (Mackinac County, Michigan) * Cut River (Roscommon County, Michigan) *

Cutral Có Airport Cutral Có Airport is an airport serving Cutral Có, Neuquén province, Argentina. The airport covers and area of , and has a covered terminal. Accidents and incidents *14 April 1976: A Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Avro 748, registrati ...

, Argentina (IATA code CUT) *

Cuts, Oise Cuts is a commune in the Oise department in northern France. See also *Communes of the Oise department The following is a list of the 679 communes of the Oise department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities ...

, France

Computing and mathematics

Cut (logic programming) The cut, in Prolog, is a goal, written as !, which always succeeds, but cannot be backtracked. Cuts can be used to prevent unwanted backtracking, which could add unwanted solutions and/or space/time overhead to a query. The cut should be used spa ...

cut (Unix) In computing, cut is a command line utility on Unix and Unix-like operating systems which is used to extract sections from each line of input — usually from a file. It is currently part of the GNU coreutils package and the BSD Base System. Ext ...

, a command line utility *

Cut, copy, and paste In human–computer interaction and user interface design, cut, copy, and paste are related commands that offer an interprocess communication technique for transferring data through a computer's user interface. The ''cut'' command removes the ...

, a set of editing procedures * Control Unit Terminal, a kind of IBM display terminal for mainframe computers *

Cut (graph theory) In graph theory, a cut is a partition of the vertices of a graph into two disjoint subsets. Any cut determines a cut-set, the set of edges that have one endpoint in each subset of the partition. These edges are said to cross the cut. In a connect ...

Branch cut In the mathematical field of complex analysis, a branch point of a multi-valued function (usually referred to as a "multifunction" in the context of complex analysis) is a point such that if the function is n-valued (has n values) at that point, a ...

, a concept in complex analysis *

Cut-elimination theorem The cut-elimination theorem (or Gentzen's ''Hauptsatz'') is the central result establishing the significance of the sequent calculus. It was originally proved by Gerhard Gentzen in his landmark 1934 paper "Investigations in Logical Deduction" for ...

Dedekind cut In mathematics, Dedekind cuts, named after German mathematician Richard Dedekind but previously considered by Joseph Bertrand, are а method of construction of the real numbers from the rational numbers. A Dedekind cut is a partition of the rat ...

, a partition of rational numbers

Books

* ''Cut'' (manga), a 2008 Japanese manga * ''Cut'' (novel), by Patricia McCormick

Films and television

Cut (censorship) Censorship is the suppression of speech, public communication, or other information. This may be done on the basis that such material is considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or "inconvenient". Censorship can be conducted by governments ...

, removal of a scene to meet censors' requirements *

Cut (transition) In the post-production process of film editing and video editing, a cut is an abrupt, but usually trivial film transition from one sequence to another. It is synonymous with the term ''edit'', though "edit" can imply any number of transitions o ...

, a transition from one sequence to another * ''Cut'' (2000 film), a horror comedy film * ''Cut'' (2011 film), a Japanese drama film * ''Cut'' (advertisement), a 2009 British advertising campaign on domestic violence * ''Cuts'' (TV series), a 2005 TV series

Games and sport

Cut (cards) In card games, to cut the cards (also "cut the deck" or "cut the pack") is to split the deck into two packets by lifting one packet from the top and placing it face down beside the remainder; before placing the lower packet on top of it. This is ...

, a method of mixing a deck of cards *

Cut (golf) The following is a glossary of the terminology currently used in the sport of golf. Where words in a sentence are also defined elsewhere in this article, they appear in italics. Old names for clubs can be found at Obsolete golf clubs. 0–9 ...

, a means of reducing the number of competitors in a golf tournament; also, a type of stroke intended to induce a particular ball flight

Music

Cut (music) In African American music, and in discjockey, deejaying and turntablism, a cut "overtly insists on the repetitive nature of the music, by abruptly skipping it back to another beginning which we have already heard. Moreover, the greater the insistenc ...

, an African-American music technique *

Cut drum This is a list of membranophones used in the Caribbean music area, including the islands of the Caribbean Sea, as well as the musics of Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Belize, Garifuna music, and Bermuda. It only includes membranophones that a ...

* Cut_, a one-off solo/band effort by Ray Wilson, which released ''

Millionairhead ''Millionairhead'' is the only album by Cut_, a project led by Ray Wilson. It was Wilson's first release on which he took on the majority of the songwriting duties. The album proved to be a one-off project; Wilson would go on to record his own s ...

'' in 2000

Albums

* ''Cut'' (C-Tec album), 2000 * ''Cut'' (Crack the Sky album), 1998 * ''Cut'' (EP), a 2014 EP by Aaron Yan * ''Cut'' (Golden Earring album), 1982 * ''Cut'' (Hunters and Collectors album), 1992 * ''Cut'' (The Slits album), 1979 * ''Cut'', an album by Flare Acoustic Arts League *''Cut'', 1982 album by

Adrian Snell Adrian Snell (born 1954) is an English pianist, keyboard player, singer and composer. Biography Classically trained at the Leeds College of Music and with a music diploma to his name (LGSM), Snell's musical career spans nearly four decades. Dur ...

* ''Cuts'' (album), an album by Merzbow, Balázs Pándi and Mats Gustafsson * ''Cuts'' (EP), a 1992 EP by L.A. Guns

Songs

* "Cut" (Plumb song), 2006 * "Cut", a song by The Cure on the album ''

Wish A wish is a hope or desire for something. In fiction, wishes can be used as plot devices. In folklore, opportunities for "making a wish" or for wishes to "come true" or "be granted" are themes that are sometimes used. In fiction In fiction a ...

'' * "Cut", a song by

iamnot iamnot () is a South Korean rock band signed to Gravity Music. The trio was formed with main vocalist and guitarist Lim Heon-il, bassist Yang Si-on, and drummer Kim Jun-ho. In 2015, they released a string singles and their debut mini-album ''Wh ...

on the album ''Whoami'' * "Cut", a song by No One from '' No One''

Abbreviations

Carleton Ultimate Team The Carleton Ultimate Team (CUT) is the division I men's ultimate team at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. A perennial national contender, the team won national championships in 2001, 2009, 2011 and 2017. History The Carleton Ultimate ...

Coordinated Universal Time Coordinated Universal Time or UTC is the primary time standard by which the world regulates clocks and time. It is within about one second of mean solar time (such as UT1) at 0° longitude (at the IERS Reference Meridian as the currently used ...

, a time standard; the official abbreviation is "UTC". *

Cryptic unstable transcript Cryptic unstable transcripts (CUTs) are a subset of non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) that are produced from intergenic and intragenic regions. CUTs were first observed in ''S. cerevisiae'' yeast models and are found in most eukaryotes. Some basic characte ...

, a type of RNA molecule *

Cincinnati Union Terminal Cincinnati Union Terminal is an intercity train station and museum center in the Queensgate, Cincinnati, Queensgate neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio. Commonly abbreviated as CUT, or by its Amtrak station code, CIN, the Railroad terminal, termina ...

Cleveland Union Terminal Tower City Center is a large mixed-use facility in Downtown Cleveland, Ohio, on its Public Square. The facility is composed of a number of interconnected office buildings, including Terminal Tower, the Avenue shopping mall, Jack Cleveland Casino, ...

Compact Utility Tractor A tractor is an engineering vehicle specifically designed to deliver a high tractive effort (or torque) at slow speeds, for the purposes of hauling a trailer or machinery such as that used in agriculture, mining or construction. Most common ...

* Campaign for Unmetered Telecommunications, or CUT, a UK political pressure group *

Church Universal and Triumphant The Church Universal and Triumphant (CUT) is an international New Age religious organization founded in 1975 by Elizabeth Clare Prophet. It is an outgrowth (and is now the corporate parent) of The Summit Lighthouse, founded in 1958 by Prophet's ...

, a religious movement * ''

Candidatura Unitaria de Trabajadores The Unitarian Candidacy of Workers (Spanish: ''Candidatura Unitaria de Trabajadores'', CUT) is a libertarian communist and Andalusian nationalist party in Andalusia, Spain. Founded in 1979 with the name Collective for the Unity of Workers – And ...

'' ( Unitarian Candidacy of Workers) * Chung Uk Tsuen stop, Hong Kong; MTR station code

Schools

Central University of Technology Central University of Technology, Free State or CUT is a University of Technology in Bloemfontein in the Free State province of South Africa. It was established in 1981 as "Technikon A technikon was a post-secondary institute of technology (poly ...

, South Africa *

Chalmers University of Technology Chalmers University of Technology ( sv, Chalmers tekniska högskola, often shortened to Chalmers) is a Swedish university located in Gothenburg that conducts research and education in technology and natural sciences at a high international level ...

, Sweden * Chinhoyi University of Technology, Zimbabwe *

Curtin University of Technology Curtin University, formerly known as Curtin University of Technology and Western Australian Institute of Technology (WAIT), is an Australian public research university based in Bentley, Perth, Western Australia. It is named after John Curtin, ...

, Australia *

Cyprus University of Technology tr, Kıbrıs Teknoloji Üniversitesi , image = Cyprus University of Technology official logo.png , established = 2004 , type = Public , city = Limassol , state = Limassol District , country = Cyprus , undergra ...

, Cyprus

Trade unions

* ''

Central Única dos Trabalhadores Central Única dos Trabalhadores ( en, Unified Workers' Central), commonly known by the acronym CUT, is the main national trade union center in Brazil. History CUT was formed on 28 August 1983 in São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo, during the Fi ...

'', in Brazil * ''

Central Unitaria de Traballadores The Central Unitaria de Traballadores (CUT, ''Workers Unitary Central'' or ''Workers Unitary Confederation'' in English language) is a Galician union created in the December 1998 after a split with the Confederación Intersindical Galega. The CU ...

'' in Galicia, Spain * ''Central Unitaria de Trabajadores de Chile'' (

Workers' United Center of Chile The Workers' United Center of Chile ( es, Central Unitaria de Trabajadores de Chile, CUT) is a union federation in Chile. The CUT was founded in 1953, but it was suppressed after the Chilean coup of 1973. It was refounded in September 1988 near ...

) * ''Confederación Unitaria de Trabajadores'' (Costa Rica) * '' Confederación Unitaria de Trabajadores del Perú''