Clipping may refer to:

Words

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" *

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 *

Clipping (publications) Clipping is the practice of cutting out articles from a paper publication, such as a newspaper or a magazine. Clippings are commonly used for personal reference, archiving, or preservation of noteworthy events. Uses Newspaper clippings are freq ...

, cutting out articles from a paper publication

Science and technology

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 *

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 *

Noclip mode Since the origin of video games in the early 1970s, the video game industry, the players, and surrounding culture have spawned a wide range of technical and slang terms. 0–9 A ...

, or "Noclipping", when the player or another object in a video game unrealistically passes through another object *

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) pla ...

, pruning, removing unwanted portions from a plant ** Clippings, the portions that are removed in this process *

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 ...

, surgical treatment used to treat an aneurysm *

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: **

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" **

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 **

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

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 horse ...

, trimming all or part of a horse's fur *

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, ...

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

Clipping (climbing) Glossary of climbing terms relates to rock climbing (including aid climbing, lead climbing, bouldering, and competition climbing), mountaineering, and to ice climbing. ebook: The terms used can vary between different English-speaking countries; ...

, the process of protecting against a fall *

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 *

Clipping (ice hockey) Clipping is a Penalty (ice hockey), 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 oppone ...

, hitting an opposing player below the knees

Other uses

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 wor ...

, an ancient custom *

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 ** ''

CLPPNG ''CLPPNG'' is the debut studio album by American hip hop group clipping. It was released on June 10, 2014, through Sub Pop as the follow-up to their debut mixtape '' Midcity''. The album has guest appearances from Gangsta Boo, King T, Cocc Pisto ...

'', their debut album

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