Cutin

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  cut-in \cut-in\ n.
     1. (film) a still inserted and interrupting the action.
  
     Syn: insert.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  


     2. (broadcasting) a local announcement inserted into a
        network broadcast.
  
     Syn: insert.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cutin \Cu"tin\ (k[=u]"t[i^]n), n. [L. cutis skin, outside.]
     (Plant Physiol.)
     A waxy substance containing fatty acids, soaps, and resinous
     material which, combined with cellulose, forms a substance
     nearly impervious to water and constituting the cuticle in
     plants.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cut-in
       n 1: (broadcasting) a local announcement inserted into a network
            program [syn: {insert}]
       2: (film) a still picture that is inserted and that interrupts
          the action of a film [syn: {insert}]