Clipping may refer to:
Words
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Clipping (morphology)
In linguistics, clipping, also called truncation or shortening, is word formation by removing some segments of an existing word to create a synonym. Clipping differs from abbreviation, which is based on a shortening of the written, rather tha ...
, the formation of a new word by shortening it, e.g. "ad" from "advertisement"
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Clipping (phonetics)
In phonetics, clipping is the process of shortening the articulation of a phonetic segment, usually a vowel. A clipped vowel is pronounced more quickly than an unclipped vowel and is often also reduced.
Examples
Dutch
Particularly in Netherlan ...
, shortening the articulation of a speech sound, usually a vowel
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Clipping (publications)
Clipping is the cutting-out of articles from a paper publication. Newspaper clippings are often used when people have to write a report or make a presentation on current events for school. Clippings may also be kept by adults for future reference ...
, the cutting-out of articles from a paper publication
Science and technology
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Coin clipping
Coin debasement is the act of decreasing the amount of precious metal in a coin, while continuing to circulate it at face value. This was frequently done by governments in order to inflate the amount of currency in circulation; typically, some o ...
, shaving off a small portion of precious metal for profit
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Clipping (computer graphics)
Clipping, in the context of computer graphics, is a method to selectively enable or disable rendering operations within a defined region of interest. Mathematically, clipping can be described using the terminology of constructive geometry. ...
, only drawing things that will be visible to the viewer
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Noclip mode
This list includes terms used in video games and the video game industry, as well as slang used by players.
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, or "Noclipping", when the player or another object in a video game unrealistically passes through another object
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Clipping (gardening) In gardening, clipping is equivalent to pruning, the practice of removing diseases, over mature or otherwise unwanted portions from a plant. Clipping usually involves much less removal than pruning, and is used more for herbaceous (all-green) plants ...
, pruning, removing unwanted portions from a plant
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Clipping (medicine) Clipping is a surgical procedure performed to treat an aneurysm. If the aneurysm is intracranial, a craniotomy is performed, and afterwards an Elgiloy (Phynox) or titanium Sugita clip is affixed around the aneurysm's neck.
Surgical clipping was i ...
, surgical treatment used to treat an aneurysm
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Clipping (signal processing)
Clipping is a form of distortion that limits a signal once it exceeds a threshold. Clipping may occur when a signal is recorded by a sensor that has constraints on the range of data it can measure, it can occur when a signal is digitized, or i ...
, a form of distortion that limits a signal once it exceeds a threshold. Some forms include:
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Clipping (audio)
Clipping is a form of waveform distortion that occurs when an amplifier is overdriven and attempts to deliver an output voltage or current beyond its maximum capability. Driving an amplifier into clipping may cause it to output power in excess ...
, the clipping of the top and bottom of a sound wave, referred to as "distortion" or "overdrive"
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Clipping (photography)
In digital photography and digital video, clipping is a result of capturing or processing an image where the intensity in a certain area falls outside the minimum and maximum intensity which can be represented. It is an instance of signal c ...
, the clipping of overexposed area by digital cameras and film
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Soft clipping
Gain compression is a reduction in ''differential'' or ''slope'' gain caused by nonlinearity of the transfer function of the amplifying device. This nonlinearity may be caused by heat due to power dissipation or by overdriving the active devic ...
Animals
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Horse clipping
Horse grooming is hygienic care given to a horse, or a process by which the horse's physical appearance is enhanced for horse shows or other types of competition.
Reasons for grooming
Grooming is an important part of horse care. Grooming a hors ...
, trimming all or part of a horse's fur horse short
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Sheep shearing
Sheep shearing is the process by which the woollen fleece of a sheep is cut off. The person who removes the sheep's wool is called a '' shearer''. Typically each adult sheep is shorn once each year (a sheep may be said to have been "shorn" or ...
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Wing clipping
:''This article relates to birds. For clipped-wing aircraft, see Wing.''
Wing clipping is the process of trimming a bird's primary wing feathers or ''remiges'' so that it is not fully flight-capable, until it moulting, moults, sheds the cut fe ...
, trimming a bird's primary flight feathers to disable flight
Sports
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Clipping (climbing)
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This glossary of climbing terms is a list of definitions of terms and jargon related to rock climbing and mountaineering. The specific terms used can vary considerably between different English-speaking countries; many of the phrases ...
, the process of protecting against a fall
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Clipping (gridiron football) In gridiron football, clipping is the act of a "throwing the body across the back of the leg of an eligible receiver or charging or falling into the back of an opponent below the waist after approaching him from behind, provided the opponent is not ...
, a penalty in gridiron football
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Clipping (ice hockey) Clipping is a penalty in the sport of ice hockey. It is generally recognized as hitting an opposing player at or below the other player's knees. Clipping should not be confused with hip checking, where one player hits an opponent with his hips, alt ...
, hitting an opposing player below the knees
Other uses
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Clipping the church
Clipping the church is an ancient custom that is traditionally held in England on Easter Monday or Shrove Tuesday or a date relevant to the Saint associated with the church. The word "clipping" is Anglo-Saxon in origin, and is derived from the w ...
, an ancient custom
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Clipping (band)
Clipping (stylized as clipping.) is an American experimental hip hop group from Los Angeles, California. The group consists of rapper Daveed Diggs and producers William Hutson and Jonathan Snipes.
History
Diggs and Hutson met in grade school, ...
, an experimental hip-hop group
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CLPPNG'', their debut album
See also
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Clip (disambiguation)
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