cutaway

English

Etymology

cut +‎ away

Adjective

cutaway (not comparable)

1. (3D graphics) Having selectively removed surface elements of a three-dimensional model that make internal features visible, but without sacrificing the outer context entirely.

   2004, While it used to take several seconds to generate a single cutaway view in a complex freeform model, you can now view them just about instantly by dynamically scrolling and rotating a plane forward and backward through an object. CADalyst, Jan 2004

Translations

3D graphics

Noun

cutaway (plural cutaways)

cutaway

1. (television) A cut to a shot of person listening to a speaker so that the audience can see the listener's reaction.

   2004, Despite a pre-debate “memorandum of understanding” between the Bush campaign and the Kerry campaign that there would be no televised “cutaways” or reaction shots ... — The New Yorker, 18 Oct 2004

2. (television) The interruption of a continuously filmed action by inserting a view of something else.
3. A coat with a tapered frontline.
4. A diagram or model having outer layers removed so as to show the interior
5. An indentation in the upper bout of a guitar's body adjacent to the neck, allowing easier access to the upper frets.

Translations

a cut to a shot of person listening to a speaker

• Italian: ritaglio (it) m

coat

• Hungarian: zsakett (hu)

diagram or model

• Italian: spaccato (it) m