Cutout

2 definitions found

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

  Cut-out \Cut"-out`\ (k[u^]t"out`), n.
     (a)
  
     1. (Telegraphy) A species of switch for changing the current
        from one circuit to another, or for shortening a circuit.
        (b) (Elec.) A device for breaking or separating a portion


            of circuit.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Something cut out from another object, especially a piece
        of thick paper or cardboard with a picture on it (as of a
        person or other object), embedded in a larger sheet of
        paper and having perforations around the edges of the
        figure to allow easy removal from the larger sheet.
        [PJC]
  
     3. A valve in the exhaust system of an internal combustion
        engine which, when activated, permits the exhaust gases to
        bypass the muffler.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cutout
       n 1: a switch that interrupts an electric circuit in the event of
            an overload
       2: a photograph from which the background has been cut away
       3: a part that is cut out or is intended to be cut out