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 diminutive word or a clipped compound. Clipping differs from abbreviation, which is based on a shorteni ...
, 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), the cutting-out of articles from a paper publication
Science and technology
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Coin clipping
A coin is a small object, usually round and flat, used primarily as a medium of exchange or legal tender. They are standardized in weight, and produced in large quantities at a mint in order to facilitate trade. They are most often issued by a ...
, 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 (computer graphics), rendering operations within a defined region of interest. Mathematically, clipping can be described using the terminology o ...
, only drawing things that will be visible to the viewer
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Noclip mode, or "Noclipping", when the player or another object in a video game unrealistically passes through another object
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Clipping (gardening), pruning, removing unwanted portions from a plant
** Clippings, the portions that are removed in this process
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Clipping (medicine), 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 it ...
, 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 exces ...
, 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 ...
, 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 an amplifying device for large-signal inputs.
Overview
When overdriving an amplifier beyond its the linear range, gai ...
Animals
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Horse clipping, 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 Wool, woollen fleece of a sheep is cut off. The person who removes the sheep's wool is called a ''Sheep shearer, shearer''. Typically each adult sheep is shorn once each year (depending upon dialect, ...
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Wing clipping
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 feathers, and grows new ones.
This procedure is usually carried out by avi ...
, trimming a bird's primary flight feathers to disable flight
Sports
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Clipping (climbing), the process of protecting against a fall
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Clipping (gridiron football), a penalty in gridiron football
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Clipping (ice hockey), hitting an opposing player below the knees
Other uses
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Clipping the church, an ancient custom
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Clipping (band), an experimental hip-hop group
** ''
CLPPNG'', their debut album
See also
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Clip (disambiguation)
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