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crosscutting

crosscutting

1 6.5
An editing method in film or television that alternates between scenes to show events happening at the same time
  • noun
  • /ˈkrɔsˌkʌtɪŋ/
  • Specialized
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  • Value consensus, crosscutting allegiances, and moderate attitudes must exist prior to the introduction of open electoral competition.
  • crosscutting concepts

Examples

  • Organizations that agree by June 2007 to participate will also be able to suggest which specific crosscutting themes will be developed for 2009.

    Academic text (2007)

  • The seven crosscutting concepts are:

    Academic text (2012)

  • The committee acknowledged that the research base on learning and teaching crosscutting concepts is limited, though the evidence is promising.

    Academic text (2012)

  • Crosscutting concepts are discussed in the framework as the second dimension.

    Academic text (2012)

  • Writing well, understanding occupational exposure and related health outcomes, communication skills, surveillance, and financial management were found as crosscutting themes in that study.

    Academic text (2010)

  • Among the crosscutting issues it addresses are fighting poverty, establishing institutional arrangements, transferring technology, and building capacity.

    Academic text (1994)

  • Olsen and co-authors proposed a set of "crosscutting competencies" to be considered for adoption by occupational health and safety professionals.

    Academic text (2010)

  • Even as it arouses suspense, crosscutting imparts the reassurance of knowledge in a dynamically commanding view of a situation unfolding in two or more places at once.

    Academic text (1993)

  • For example, in my studies, the importance of care and solidarity has occurred as crosscutting themes, in contrast to violence and unfairness (see also Kallio 2014b, 2017; Korkiamaki and Kallio 2017).

    Academic text (2018)

  • The director skillfully used crosscutting to show the tension between the two characters in different locations.

How Interleaved

crosscutting
  • Specialized
1 6.5
to intercut
  • Jargon
8 7.7
parallel
  • Specialized
43 5.9
cutaway
  • Specialized
1 7.2
shot
627 2.5

Surface Forms

crosscutting singular
crosscuttings plural

Morphology

crosscutting = crosscut (transparent) = cross + cut + ing

The noun sense derives directly from the film-editing verb 'crosscut' + '-ing' (gerund), and the meaning follows the standard sense of 'cut' in editing contexts.

Etymology

Crosscutting combines cross ('across') and cut ('to change from one scene to another'), so it literally means 'cutting across' different scenes; that's why filmmakers use crosscutting to jump between scenes that happen at the same time and to build tension.