What does CLIPPER mean?

Definitions for CLIPPER
ˈklɪp ərclip·per

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. limiter, clippernoun

    (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)

    "a limiter introduces amplitude distortion"

  2. clipper, clipper shipnoun

    a fast sailing ship used in former times

  3. clippernoun

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

  4. clippernoun

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

Wiktionary

  1. clippernoun

    Anything that clips.

  2. clippernoun

    A tool used for clipping something, such as hair, coins, or fingernails.

  3. clippernoun

    Something that moves swiftly; especially:

  4. clippernoun

    A circuit which prevents the amplitude of a wave from exceeding a set value.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Clippernoun

    One that debases coin by cutting.

    Etymology: from clip.

    It is no English treason to cut
    French crowns, and to-morrow the king
    Himself will be a clipper. William Shakespeare, Henry V.

    No coins pleased some medallists more than those which had passed through the hands of an old Roman clipper. Addis.

ChatGPT

  1. clipper

    A clipper is a type of tool or device designed to cut, trim, or shape different types of materials. This term can refer to various objects such as hair clippers, nail clippers, hedge clippers, or wire clippers. In the context of electronics, a clipper is also a circuit designed to prevent a signal from exceeding a certain range. Historically, a clipper is a fast sailing ship from the 19th-century.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Clippernoun

    one who clips; specifically, one who clips off the edges of coin

  2. Clippernoun

    a machine for clipping hair, esp. the hair of horses

  3. Clippernoun

    a vessel with a sharp bow, built and rigged for fast sailing

Wikidata

  1. Clipper

    A clipper was a very fast sailing ship of the 19th century that had three or more masts and a square rig. They were generally narrow for their length, could carry limited bulk freight, small by later 19th century standards, and had a large total sail area. Clipper ships were mostly constructed in British and American shipyards, though France, the Netherlands and other nations also produced some. Clippers sailed all over the world, primarily on the trade routes between the United Kingdom and its colonies in the east, in trans-Atlantic trade, and the New York-to-San Francisco route round Cape Horn during the California Gold Rush. Dutch clippers were built beginning in 1850s for the tea trade and passenger service to Java. The boom years of the Clipper Ship Era began in 1843 as a result of the growing demand for a more rapid delivery of tea from China. It continued under the stimulating influence of the discovery of gold in California and Australia in 1848 and 1851, and ended with the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. clipper

    A fast sailer, formerly chiefly applied to the sharp-built raking schooners of America, and latterly to Australian passenger-ships. Larger vessels now built after their model are termed clipper-built: sharp and fast; low in the water; rakish.

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. CLIPPER

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Clipper is ranked #37993 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Clipper surname appeared 584 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Clipper.

    47.6% or 278 total occurrences were White.
    43.1% or 252 total occurrences were Black.
    4.4% or 26 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    4.1% or 24 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of CLIPPER in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of CLIPPER in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of CLIPPER in a Sentence

  1. Steve Vance:

    This paper is opening up a whole new batch of possibilities for thinking about ocean worlds and how they work, it sets the stage for how we might prepare for Europa Clipper's analysis of the ice.

  2. Frederic Duval:

    There is a huge ambiguity, is a nail clipper a hygiene product? Is a condom a medical item? I'm not able to define that.

  3. Britney Schmidt:

    The reason we chose Europa Clipper is because the clipper ships were fast, American boats at the time that they were first used, when most shipping was achieved with large, slow vessels, we liked clipper for that reason, an ingenious way to solve the Europa mission problem : How do you get a long-lived mission at Europa with global coverage but not be in the radiation environment ?

  4. Francis M. Faber Jr.:

    Did the famous shipbuilder, Donald Mackay specify as 'right' or'left' when describing the 'yardarms' on the masts of his globe-girdling China Clipper sailing ships?

  5. Jim Green:

    If there are plumes on Europa, as we now strongly suspect, with Europa Clipper, we will be ready for them.

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