Noun: clipper kli-pu(r)
- Scissors for cutting hair or finger nails
"The barber skilfully wielded his clippers to trim the customer's hair"
- Shears for cutting grass or shrubbery
"He used manual clippers to shape the hedges in his garden"
- A fast sailing ship used in former times
"The clipper ship set a record for the journey from New York to San Francisco";
- clipper ship
- (electronics) a 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 clipper introduces amplitude distortion";
- limiter
Derived forms: clippers
Type of: circuit, electric circuit, electrical circuit, pair of scissors, sailing ship, sailing vessel, scissors, shears
Encyclopedia: Clipper