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crosscut
[kraws-kuht, kros-]
noun
a transverse cut or course.
a shortcut by way of an area not ordinarily traversed, as grass or open country; a route that cuts diagonally across a road or path network.
Mining.Ìýan underground passageway, usually from a shaft to a vein of ore or crosswise of a vein of ore.
Movies, Television.Ìýan act or instance of crosscutting.
a crosscut saw.
verb (used with object)
to cut or go across.
Movies, Television.Ìýto insert into a scene or sequence (portions of another scene), as to heighten suspense or suggest simultaneous action.
verb (used without object)
Movies, Television.Ìýto employ the technique of crosscutting.
crosscut
/ ˈ°ì°ùÉ’²õËŒ°ìÊŒ³Ù /
adjective
cut at right angles or obliquely to the major axis
noun
a transverse cut or course
a less common word for short cut
mining a tunnel through a vein of ore or from the shaft to a vein
verb
to cut across
Also: intercut.Ìýfilms to link (two sequences or two shots) so that they appear to be taking place at the same time
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- crosscutter noun
Example Sentences
And yet, the series takes pains to connect them, thematically and visually, in the editing process, through crosscutting that links them throughout different periods of their lives.
The film culminates in a rugged all-out brawl at a fight club, which is crosscut with Gaspar confronting Wan Ali in a fight that’s emblematic of the film’s existential poeticism.
There are a few crosscutting themes in my work — thriller aspect with “Blackfish,†but also can I say something remotely important in a new way?
The changing circulation patterns also lead to more crosscutting wind shear, which can stymie storm development.
Calm skies must also prevail because crosscutting winds called shear can rip holes in a nascent hurricane’s vortex.
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