| cost cutting | the act of cutting costs |
price cutting
price cut | cutting the price of merchandise to one lower than the usual or advertised price |
cut
cutting
cutting off | the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends, the barber gave him a good cut |
| cutting thinning | the act of diluting something, the cutting of whiskey with water, the thinning of paint with turpentine |
| cut cutting | the act of cutting something into parts, his cuts were skillful, his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess |
| cut cutting | the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge, his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels |
abscission
cutting off | the act of cutting something off |
ablation
extirpation
cutting out
excision | surgical removal of a body part or tissue |
| cut cutting | the division of a deck of cards before dealing, he insisted that we give him the last cut before every deal, the cutting of the cards soon became a ritual |
| sheet-metal work | the craft of doing sheet metal work (as in ventilation systems) |
| carving cutting | removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape |
film editing
cutting | the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film |
chopping board
cutting board | a wooden board where meats or vegetables can be cut |
cutter
cutlery cutting tool | a cutting implement, a tool for cutting |
| cutting implement | a tool used for cutting or slicing |
| cutting room | a room where films or tapes are edited (by cutting out unwanted parts) |
| drum metal drum | a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids |
| full metal jacket | a lead bullet that is covered with a jacket of a harder metal (usually copper) |
| gauntlet gantlet metal glove | a glove of armored leather, protects the hand |
hacksaw
hack saw
metal saw | saw used with one hand for cutting metal |
ingot
metal bar
block of metal | metal that is cast in the shape of a block for convenient handling |
knife edge
cutting edge | the sharp cutting side of the blade of a knife |
| liquid metal reactor | a nuclear reactor using liquid metal as a coolant |
| metal detector | detector that gives a signal when it detects the presence of metal, used to detect the presence of stray bits of metal in food products or to find buried metal |
| metal screw | screw made of metal |
| metal wood | golf wood with a metal head instead of the traditional wooden head |
plating
metal plating | a thin coating of metal deposited on a surface |
| sheet metal | sheet of metal formed into a thin plate |
| geometry | the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces |
| affine geometry | the geometry of affine transformations |
elementary geometry
parabolic geometry
Euclidean geometry | (mathematics) geometry based on Euclid's axioms |
| fractal geometry | (mathematics) the geometry of fractals, Benoit Mandelbrot pioneered fractal geometry |
| non-Euclidean geometry | (mathematics) geometry based on axioms different from Euclid's, non-Euclidean geometries discard or replace one or more of the Euclidean axioms |
| hyperbolic geometry | (mathematics) a non-Euclidean geometry in which the parallel axiom is replaced by the assumption that through any point in a plane there are two or more lines that do not intersect a given line in the plane, Karl Gauss pioneered hyperbolic geometry |
elliptic geometry
Riemannian geometry | (mathematics) a non-Euclidean geometry that regards space as like a sphere and a line as like a great circle, Bernhard Riemann pioneered elliptic geometry |
| spherical geometry | (mathematics) the geometry of figures on the surface of a sphere |
analytic geometry
analytical geometry
coordinate geometry | the use of algebra to study geometric properties, operates on symbols defined in a coordinate system |
| plane geometry | the geometry of -dimensional figures |
| solid geometry | the geometry of -dimensional space |
projective geometry
descriptive geometry | the geometry of properties that remain invariant under projection |
vanguard
forefront
cutting edge | the position of greatest importance or advancement, the leading position in any movement or field, the Cotswolds were once at the forefront of woollen manufacturing in England, the idea of motion was always to the forefront of his mind and central to his philosophy |
clipping
newspaper clipping
press clipping
cutting
press cutting | an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine, he searched through piles of letters and clippings |
heavy metal
heavy metal music | loud and harsh sounding rock music with a strong beat, lyrics usually involve violent or fantastic imagery |
| cutting | a piece cut off from the main part of something |
| metal filing | a fragment of metal rubbed off by the use of a file |
| geometry teacher | someone who teaches geometry |
cutting
slip | a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting |
| precious metal | any of the less common and valuable metals often used to make coins or jewelry |
coinage
mintage
specie
metal money | coins collectively |
| cutting angle | the angle between the face of a cutting tool and the surface of the work |