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 cutting are the knife and saw, or in medicine and science the scalpel and ...

, 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 lacerated or punctured skin (an ''open'' wound), or a contusion (a ''closed'' wound) from blunt force trauma or compression. In pathology, a ''wound'' is an acute injury that damages the epider ...

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 ...

, 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 **

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 Cut (also known as Paso or Paso Switch) is an unincorporated community in Houston County, Texas, United States. Cut is located on Texas State Highway 19 south of Crockett. The town was founded around a watering rest stop along the Houston and Gre ...

, 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, 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 intercommunaliti ...

, France

Computing and mathematics

* Cut (logic programming) *

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. ...

, 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 t ...

, 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 connec ...

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 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" fo ...

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 ...

, 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 ...

, 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– ...

, 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), an African-American music technique * Cut drum * Cut_, a one-off solo/band effort by Ray Wilson, which released '' Millionairhead'' 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 Flare Acoustic Arts League — A.K.A. Flare (band) — were an experimental pop band formed by guitarist Damian Costilla and singer LD Beghtol in New York in 1996 who made intense, darkly romantic, atmospheric songs deeply influenced by their ...

*''Cut'', 1982 album by Adrian Snell * ''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 ficti ...

'' * "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 *

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 ...

, a time standard; the official abbreviation is "UTC". * Cryptic unstable transcript, a type of RNA molecule *

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

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 ...

* 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' ...

, a religious movement * '' Candidatura Unitaria de Trabajadores'' ( Unitarian Candidacy of Workers) * Chung Uk Tsuen stop, Hong Kong; MTR station code

Schools

* Central University of Technology, 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 lev ...

, 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, 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 ...

'', in Brazil * '' Central Unitaria de Traballadores'' in Galicia, Spain * ''Central Unitaria de Trabajadores de Chile'' ( Workers' United Center of Chile) * ''Confederación Unitaria de Trabajadores'' (Costa Rica) * ''

Confederación Unitaria de Trabajadores del Perú The Confederación Unitaria de Trabajadores del Perú (, CUT) is a national trade union center in Peru. It was founded in 1992 and has a membership of 300,000. ICTUR reports that the CUT was active in the movement that led to Alberto Fujimori ...