cutting instrument

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• Cutting (disambiguation) — Cutting is the division or separation of a physical object with an edged instrument. Cutting may also refer to: Cutting (automobile) Cutting (in line), the act of entering a queue at any position other than the end Cutting (plant), a technique… …   Wikipedia

• Cutting — Cut Cut (k[u^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cut}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cutting}.] [OE. cutten, kitten, ketten; prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. cwtau to shorten, curtail, dock, cwta bobtailed, cwt tail, skirt, Gael. cutaich to shorten, curtail, dock, cutach …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• instrument — A tool or implement. [L. instrumentum] diamond cutting instruments in dentistry, cylinders, disks, and other cutting instruments to which numerous small diamond pyramids have been attached by a plating of metal. hearing i. SYN: hearing aid.… …   Medical dictionary

• Genital cutting — refers to genital modification and mutilation made to the human genitals using a cutting instrument. This terminology is often used in some literature specifically to avoid using the terms mutilation or circumcision . These practices can include …   Wikipedia

• Screw-cutting lathe — A screw cutting lathe is a machine (specifically, a lathe) capable of cutting very accurate screw threads via single point screw cutting (which is the process of precisely guiding the motion of the tool bit in relation to the rotating motion of… …   Wikipedia

• wind instrument — /wind/ a musical instrument sounded by the breath or other air current, as the trumpet, trombone, clarinet, or flute. [1575 85] * * * ▪ music Introduction       any musical instrument that uses air as the primary vibrating medium for the… …   Universalium

• keyboard instrument — ▪ music Introduction       any musical instrument on which different notes can be sounded by pressing a series of keys, push buttons, or parallel levers. In nearly all cases in Western music the keys correspond to consecutive notes in the… …   Universalium

• musical instrument — Introduction       any device for producing a musical sound. The principal types of such instruments, classified by the method of producing sound, are percussion (percussion instrument), stringed (stringed instrument), keyboard (keyboard… …   Universalium

• Electronic musical instrument — An electronic musical instrument is a musical instrument that produces its sounds using electronics. In contrast, the term electric instrument is used to mean instruments whose sound is produced mechanically, and only amplified or altered… …   Wikipedia

• Sampler (musical instrument) — Licht Ton Orgel (1936), an earlier sampling organ utilizing analog optical disc An AKAI MPC20 …   Wikipedia

• Reed (instrument) — Alto and tenor saxophone reeds. A reed is a thin strip of material which vibrates to produce a sound on a musical instrument. The reeds of most Woodwind instruments are made from Arundo donax ( Giant cane ) or synthetic material; tuned reeds (as… …   Wikipedia