Chopping may refer to: *

Comminution Comminution is the reduction of solid materials from one average particle size to a smaller average particle size, by crushing, grinding, cutting, vibrating, or other processes. In geology, it occurs naturally during faulting in the upper part of ...

, a crushing, grinding or similar size reduction of materials *

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 ...

Chopping (sampling technique) In dance or hip hop music sampling, chopping is the "altering fa sampled phrase break Break or Breaks or The Break may refer to: Time off from duties * Recess (break), time in which a group of people is temporarily dismissed from its dutie ...

, a hip-hop sampling method. *

Virtual tuning Virtual tuning, colloquially known as 'chopping' or 'VTuning', is the 2D graphical modification of automobiles, with the use of Raster graphics editor, raster graphics editing software. Modifications such as aerodynamic and aftermarket body-kits, w ...

* Chopping (violin) rapid tapping with bow, used in jazz * Chopping, an instrumental technique to remove the

background Background may refer to: Performing arts and stagecraft * Background actor * Background artist * Background light * Background music * Background story * Background vocals * ''Background'' (play), a 1950 play by Warren Chetham-Strode Record ...

in astronomy

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