名词

1. (尤指剪头发或指甲用的)剪刀;指甲钳
Clippers are a tool used for cutting small amounts from something, especially from someone's hair or nails.

2. (旧时的)快速帆船
In former times, a clipper was a fast sailing ship.

1. scissors for cutting hair or finger nails (often used in the plural)

2. shears for cutting grass or shrubbery (often used in the plural)

3. a fast sailing ship used in former times

Synonym: clipper ship

4. (electronics) a 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)

e.g. a limiter introduces amplitude distortion

Synonym: limiter