clipper Meaning and Definition
1. n. scissors for cutting hair or finger nails (often used in the plural)
2. n. shears for cutting grass or shrubbery (often used in the plural)
3. n. a fast sailing ship used in former times
4. n. (electronics) an 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 was a very fast sailing ship of the middle third of the 19th century. They were fast, yacht-like vessels, with three masts and a square rig.
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