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Clipping has several meanings:
- Coin clipping, shaving off a small portion of precious metal for profit
- Clipping (computer graphics), only drawing things that will be visible to the viewer
- Clipping (gardening), or pruning, removing unwanted portions from a plant
- Clipping (hockey), hitting an opposing player below the knees
- Clipping (publications), the cutting-out of articles from a paper publication
- Clipping (phonetics), shortening the articulation of a speech sound, usually a vowel
- Clipping (lexicography), the formation of a new word by shortening it, e.g. ad from advertisement
- Clipping (medicine), in the treat of an aneurysm
- Clipping (audio), the clipping of the top and bottom of a sound wave, referred to as distortion or overdrive
- Clipping (photography), the clipping of overexposed area by digital cameras and film.
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