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clipper

/ clipper /
noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
scissors for cutting hair or finger nails
Type of:
scissors pair of scissors
Derived:
nip nip off clip snip snip off
noun Sense 2
shears for cutting grass or shrubbery
Type of:
shear shears
Derived:
snip clip crop trim lop
noun Sense 3
a fast sailing ship used in former times
Type of:
sailing vessel sailing ship
noun Sense 4
(electronics) an nonlinear electronic circuit whose output is limited in amplitude; used to limit the instantaneous amplitude of a waveform (to clip off the peaks of a waveform)
"a limiter introduces amplitude distortion"
Type of:
circuit electrical circuit electric circuit
Derived:
restrict restrain trammel limit bound
Domain:
electronics
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
4
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
24
Times Searched
2
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scissors pair of scissors shear shears sailing vessel sailing ship circuit electrical circuit electric circuit