crosscut.
A crosswise cut.
Meaning & usage
A crosswise cut.
A shortcut.
An instance of filmic crosscutting.
A crosscut saw.
A tunnel or level driven across the course of a vein, or across the main workings, as from one gangway to another through the country rock.
Where this word comes from
From cross- + cut.
To cut across something.
To cut across something. To cut (wood, lumber) across the grain.
To cut repeatedly between two concurrent scenes.
To affect several modules of a program, without the possibility of being encapsulated in any one of them. See Cross-cutting concern.
Where this word comes from
From cross- + cut.
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