Read the dictionary definition of clipper. All definitions for this word.
1. scissors for cutting hair or finger nails (often used in the plural)
2. shears for cutting grass or shrubbery (often used in the plural)
3. a fast sailing ship used in former times
4. (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)
1. a limiter introduces amplitude distortion
