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Look up: Clipping


  1. 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 clipping in the image domain. The clipp...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipping_(photography)

  2. Clipping
    Clipping is slang for the cheat when a prostitute takes a client's money, but does not supply sex.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/ZC.HTM

  3. Clipping
    Clipping is slang for the cheat when a prostitute takes a client's money, but does not supply sex.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/ZC.HTM

  4. 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 introduced by Walter Dandy of the Jo...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipping_(medicine)

  5. 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 of its published ratings. == Overview of...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipping_(audio)

  6. 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, although occasionally a hip check ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipping_(ice_hockey)

  7. Clipping
    [morphology] In linguistics, clipping is the word formation process which consists in the reduction of a word to one of its parts (Marchand: 1969). Clipping is also known as "truncation" or "shortening." According to Marchand (1969), clippings are not coined as words belonging to the standar...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipping_(morphology)

  8. 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 these clipped vowels are often also reduced. In English, clipping without vowel reduction most ofte...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipping_(phonetics)

  9. 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, or for sentimental reasons su...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipping_(publications)

  10. Clipping
    [gardening] In gardening, clipping is equivalent to pruning, the practice of removing diseases, over mature or otherwise unwanted portions from a plant. Clipping typically involves much less removal than pruning, and is used more for herbaceous (all-green) plants than for woody ones. ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipping_(gardening)

  11. Clipping
    [computer graphics] Any procedure which identifies that portion of a picture which is either inside or outside a picture is referred to as a clipping algorithm or clipping. The region against which an object is to be clipped is called clipping window. ==Examples== In 2D graphics for example,...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipping_(computer_graphics)

  12. clipping
    Deliberate shearing or shaving from the edge of gold and silver coins. Was quite common from the Byzantine to the Colonial eras, so much so that many authorities employed edge devices in order to discourage this practice.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/10142



  1. Clipping
    Overloading a piece of audio equipment by feeding in a signal too great for the unit to handle, thereby leading to distortion.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  2. Clipping
    The conversion of all tones lighter than a specified grey level to white, or darker than a specified grey level to black, causing loss of detail. This also applies to individual channels in a colour image.
    Found op http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/aboutus/reports/misc/glossary.htm

  3. clipping
    [n] - an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=clipping

  4. Clipping
    Distortion of a signal by its being chopped off. An overload problem caused by pushing an amplifier beyond its capabilities. The flat-topped signal has high levels of harmonic distortion which creates heat in a loudspeaker and is the major cause of loudspeaker component failure.
    Found op http://www.testing1212.co.uk/a.htm

  5. Clipping
    Distortion occurs when an amplifier is driven to play louder than its power supply allows and the result is clipping. This state can cause loudspeaker damage. It is of particular importance with digital audio recording because the clipped waveform contains an excess of high-frequency energy and ...
    Found op http://www.musiconmypc.co.uk/art_glossary.php

  6. Clipping
    When the amplitude of a signal exceeds the maximum possible level of a device, the part of the waveform which is excessive is 'clipped' resulting in a distortion of the sound. If clipping is harsh and prolonged, this can result in damage to the device in question. See also 'Headroom'. Distortion occ...
    Found op http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/music%20tech%20glossary/Music%20Tech%20Gl

  7. Clipping
    Refers to a type of distortion that occurs when an amplifier is driven into an overload condition. Usually the 'clipped' waveform contains an excess of high-frequency energy.The sound becomes hard and edgy.On an oscilloscope clipping appears to flatten the tops and/or bottoms of the wave forms as if...
    Found op http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/source/c/l/clipping/source.html

  8. Clipping
    The term applied to the phenomenon which occurs when an output signal is limited in some way by the full range of an amplifier, ADC or other device. When this occurs, the signal is flattened at the peak values, the signal approaches the shape of a square wave, and high frequency components are intro...
    Found op http://www.flowmeterdirectory.com/flowmeter_technical_glossary/flowmeter_te

  9. Clipping
    The removal of some portion of an input signal or quantity from the resulting output, generally by setting certain low and high thresholds and discarding the data that falls below the low threshold or above the high.
    Found op http://www.rodsmith.org.uk/photographic%20glossary/rods%20photographic%20gl

  10. clipping
    The illegal practice of shearing metal from the edge of a precious-metal coin for profit - a universal practice dating from ancient times. Clipping was relatively easy to do with hammered coins, although it could be detected with careful and consistent weighing. The penalties were severe for those w...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  11. clipping
    Removing images that fall outside the range of view.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  12. Clipping
    Clip'ping noun 1. The act of embracing. [ Obsolete] 2. The act of cutting off, curtailing, or diminishing; the practice of clipping the edges of coins. « clipping by Englishmen is robbing the honest man who receives clipped ...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/93

  13. clipping
    newspaper clipping noun an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine; `he searched through piles of letters and clippings`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=clipping

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