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What (who) is cutting - definition

PARTIAL OR COMPLETE SEPARATION OF A BODY OR SYSTEM INTO TWO OR MORE PARTS
Metal cutting
  • A [[glass cutter]], showing hardened steel cutting wheel (far left), notches for snapping, and ball (on end of handle) for tapping
  • Different types of [[scissors]] – sewing (left), paper (middle), kitchen (right)

Cutting         
·adj Adapted to cut; as, a cutting tool.
II. Cutting ·adj Severe; sarcastic; biting; as, a cutting reply.
III. Cutting ·adj Chilling; penetrating; sharp; as, a cutting wind.
IV. Cutting ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Cut.
V. Cutting ·noun The act or process of making an incision, or of severing, felling, shaping, ·etc.
VI. Cutting ·noun Something cut, cut off, or cut out, as a twig or scion cut off from a stock for the purpose of grafting or of rooting as an independent plant; something cut out of a newspaper; an excavation cut through a hill or elsewhere to make a way for a railroad, canal, ·etc.; a cut.
cutting         
¦ noun
1. a piece cut off from something.
Brit. an article or other piece cut from a newspaper.
a piece cut from a plant for propagation.
2. Brit. an open passage excavated through higher ground for a railway, road, or canal.
¦ adjective
1. capable of cutting.
2. (of a remark) hurtful.
Derivatives
cuttingly adverb
cutting         
a.
1.
Sharp, keen.
2.
Severe, sarcastic, satirical, wounding.

Wikipedia

Cutting

Cutting is the separation or opening of a physical object, into two or more portions, through the application of an acutely directed force.

Implements commonly used for cutting are the knife and saw, or in medicine and science the scalpel and microtome. However, any sufficiently sharp object is capable of cutting if it has a hardness sufficiently larger than the object being cut, and if it is applied with sufficient force. Even liquids can be used to cut things when applied with sufficient force (see water jet cutter).

Cutting is a compressive and shearing phenomenon, and occurs only when the total stress generated by the cutting implement exceeds the ultimate strength of the material of the object being cut. The simplest applicable equation is:

stress = force area {\displaystyle {\text{stress}}={{\text{force}} \over {\text{area}}}} or τ = F A {\displaystyle \tau ={\frac {F}{A}}}

The stress generated by a cutting implement is directly proportional to the force with which it is applied, and inversely proportional to the area of contact. Hence, the smaller the area (i.e., the sharper the cutting implement), the less force is needed to cut something. It is generally seen that cutting edges are thinner for cutting soft materials and thicker for harder materials. This progression is seen from kitchen knife, to cleaver, to axe, and is a balance between the easy cutting action of a thin blade vs strength and edge durability of a thicker blade.

Examples of use of cutting
1. The truth is, they are intent on cutting services, cutting jobs and cutting pay.
2. "When they‘re talking about reform today, they‘re talking about spending –– cutting spending, cutting earmarks, cutting the corruption," said David A.
3. Cutting off fuel, cutting off electricity, preventing food from reaching them is both counterproductive and immoral.
4. Mr Siniscalco said÷ "Cutting deficits is all right but it is like a company cutting costs.
5. He said the past record of privatising school meals had meant cutting costs, cutting nutrition standards and cutting staff, which had left a legacy of low pay.