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51Cut (filmmaking) — In the post production process of film editing and video editing, a cut is an abrupt, but usually trivial film transition from one sequence to another. It is synonymous with the term edit, though edit can imply any number of transitions or… …
52Cut locus (Riemannian manifold) — In Riemannian geometry, the cut locus of a point p in a manifold is roughly the set of all other points for which there are multiple minimizing geodesics connecting them from p, but it may contain additional points where the minimizing geodesic… …
53cut back — verb 1. return in time (Freq. 1) the film cut back to an earlier event in the story • Syn: ↑flash back • Derivationally related forms: ↑flashback (for: ↑flash back) …
54Cut and run — For other uses, see Cut and run (disambiguation). Cut and run is a pejorative[citation needed] phrase used in the context of a war or battle meaning cowardly retreat.[citation needed] Thus, stripped of emotional connotation, the phrase simply… …
55cut and run — verb a) To sail away quickly by cutting the yarns that hold the sails furled. They held on as long as they could, but when the heavy artillery fire started, they had to cut and run. b) To hurry away; to escape. President Bush laid out the… …
56cut — 1. to render (a male) sexually impotent Of humans by vasectomy, of domestic animals by castration: The bull calves are cut. (Marshall, 1818) 2. to dilute in order to cheat customers Mainly of intoxicants and drugs sold illegally,… …
57cut into — verb turn up, loosen, or remove earth Dig we must turn over the soil for aeration • Syn: ↑dig, ↑delve, ↑turn over • See Also: ↑dig up (for: ↑ …
58Cut glass — Glass Glass (gl[.a]s), n. [OE. glas, gles, AS. gl[ae]s; akin to D., G., Dan., & Sw. glas, Icel. glas, gler, Dan. glar; cf. AS. gl[ae]r amber, L. glaesum. Cf. {Glare}, n., {Glaze}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. A hard, brittle, translucent, and… …
59cut someone/something down — 1 24 hectares of trees were cut down: FELL, chop down, hack down, saw down, hew. 2 he was cut down in his prime: KILL, slaughter, shoot down, mow down, gun down; …
60cut out — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To remove] Syn. eliminate, extract, excise; see remove 1 . 2. [*To stop] Syn. discontinue, refrain from, quit; see quit 1 , stop 2 . 3. [*To leave] Syn. go away, depart, leave the scene*; see leave 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus… …
