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cut-in

  [kuht-in]
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–noun
1. Movies. a still, as of a scene or an object, inserted in a film and interrupting the action or continuity: We will insert a cut-in of the letter as she reads it.
2. Radio and Television. a commercial or other announcement inserted by a local station into a network broadcast.
3. the act of cutting in, as on a dancing couple.
Origin:
1880–85; n. use of v. phrase cut in

cu⋅tin

  [kyoo-tin]
–noun
a transparent, waxy substance constituting, together with cellulose, the cuticle of plants.
Origin:
1860–65; < L cut(is) skin, cutis + -in 2
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cu·tin   (kyōōt'n)   
n.  A waxlike, water-repellent material present in the walls of some plant cells and forming the cuticle, which covers the epidermis.

[Latin cutis, skin; see (s)keu- in Indo-European roots + -in.]
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cutin   (kyt'n)  Pronunciation Key 
A waxlike, water-repellent polyester consisting of fatty acids and aromatic compounds that occurs naturally in the walls of many plant cells. Cutin acts together with wax to form the cuticle, a barrier protecting the aboveground surfaces of plants from water loss and microbial attack.
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