What does CLIPPER mean?
Definitions for CLIPPER
ˈklɪp ərclip·per
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word CLIPPER.
Princeton's WordNet
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"
clipper, clipper shipnoun
a fast sailing ship used in former times
clippernoun
shears for cutting grass or shrubbery (often used in the plural)
clippernoun
scissors for cutting hair or finger nails (often used in the plural)
Wiktionary
clippernoun
Anything that clips.
clippernoun
A tool used for clipping something, such as hair, coins, or fingernails.
clippernoun
Something that moves swiftly; especially:
clippernoun
A circuit which prevents the amplitude of a wave from exceeding a set value.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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
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
Clippernoun
one who clips; specifically, one who clips off the edges of coin
Clippernoun
a machine for clipping hair, esp. the hair of horses
Clippernoun
a vessel with a sharp bow, built and rigged for fast sailing
Wikidata
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
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
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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Anagrams for CLIPPER »
cripple
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of CLIPPER in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of CLIPPER in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of CLIPPER in a Sentence
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.
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?
If there are plumes on Europa, as we now strongly suspect, with Europa Clipper, we will be ready for them.
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 ?
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.
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