Words

• Clipping (publications)
  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 such as an article on...
  
  , the cutting-out of articles from a paper publication
• Clipping (phonetics)
  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...
  
  , shortening the articulation of a speech sound, usually a vowel
• Clipping (morphology)
  Clipping (morphology)
  In linguistics, clipping is the word formation process which consists in the reduction of a word to one of its parts . Clipping is also known as "truncation" or "shortening."...
  
  , the formation of a new word by shortening it, e.g. ad from advertisement

Science and technology

• Coin clipping
  Coin clipping
  Coin debasement is the act of decreasing the amount of precious metal in a coin, while continuing to circulate it at face value. This was frequently done by governments in order to inflate the amount of currency in circulation; typically, some of the precious metal was replaced by a cheaper metal...
  
  , shaving off a small portion of precious metal for profit
• Clipping (computer graphics)
  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:...
  
  , only drawing things that will be visible to the viewer
• Clipping (gardening)
  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 plants than for woody ones....
  
  , pruning, removing unwanted portions from a plant
• Clipping (medicine)
  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 or titanium Sugita clip is affixed around the aneurysm's neck....
  
  , surgical treatment used to treat an aneurysm
• Clipping (signal processing)
  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 can occur any other time an analog or digital signal...
  
  , a form of distortion that limits a signal once it exceeds a threshold. Some forms include:
  • Clipping (audio)
    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...
    
    , the clipping of the top and bottom of a sound wave, referred to as distortion or overdrive
  • Clipping (photography)
    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 clipping of overexposed area by digital cameras and film. The clipped areas turn to pure white.
  • Soft clipping

Animals

• Clipping, sheep shearing
  Sheep shearing
  Sheep shearing, shearing or clipping is the process by which the woollen fleece of a sheep is cut off. The person who removes the sheep's wool is called a shearer. Typically each adult sheep is shorn once each year...
  
  
• Horse clipping, clipping all or part of the fur of a horse
  Horse
  The horse is one of two extant subspecies of Equus ferus, or the wild horse. It is a single-hooved mammal belonging to the taxonomic family Equidae. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature into the large, single-toed animal of today...
  
   short, usually to help it to keep cool when working
• Wing clipping
  Wing clipping
  Wing clipping is the process of trimming a bird's primary flight feathers so that it is no longer fully flighted.-Technique:Wing clipping is usually performed by avian veterinarians, pet store employees, breeders, or the birds' owners themselves. It is generally carried out on pet birds,...
  
  , trimming a bird's primary flight feathers to disable flight

Sports

• Clipping (American football), a penalty in American football
• Clipping (hockey)
  Clipping (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 will result in a...
  
  , hitting an opposing player below the knees