crosscutting
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ɪŋ, ˈkrɒs-Dictionary.com Unabridged
noun
3.
a transverse cut or course.
4.
5.
Mining. an underground passageway, usually from a shaft to a vein of ore or crosswise of a vein of ore.
6.
Movies, Television. an act or instance of crosscutting.
7.
a crosscut saw.
verb (used with object)
8.
to cut or go across.
9.
Movies, Television. to insert into a scene or sequence (portions of another scene), as to heighten suspense or suggest simultaneous action.
verb (used without object)
10.
Movies, Television. to employ the technique of crosscutting.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | cut at right angles or obliquely to the major axis |
| —n | |
| 2. | a transverse cut or course |
| 3. | a less common word for short cut |
| 4. | mining a tunnel through a vein of ore or from the shaft to a vein |
| —vb , -cuts, -cutting, -cut | |
| 5. | to cut across |
| 6. | films Also: intercut to link (two sequences or two shots) so that they appear to be taking place at the same time |
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Example sentences
One scene is never completed before another begins, necessitating lots of crosscutting between various simultaneous actions.
The crosscutting aspect of my photo work has been used to help establish baseline information for science.
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