cutaway
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- noun
- /ˈkʌtəˌweɪ/
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corte transversal
- In the textbook, there is a cutaway illustration of the heart that shows how blood flows through it.
- cutaway view
Examples
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The Siemens SGT-8000H gas turbine, shown here in a cutaway diagram, is the world's largest, rated at 340 MW with an efficiency of 60 percent.
Academic text (2007) -
A cutaway view of a burrow reveals individual chambers that house one or two paralyzed cicadas for each wasp grub.
Academic text (2002) -
I wanted it to look like a cutaway section of a ship.
Academic text (2011) -
On the table close by was a cutaway model of New Town, prepared when it was still in the design stage.
Fiction book (1993) -
On the left side of the screen is the large cutaway view of the Enterprise.
Fiction book (1994) -
And here what we have is a cutaway view to look at the interior of the chambers.
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OK, so, so the last thing I'd like to talk about is a recent project on creating cutaway illustrations.
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The picture zooms in on the cutaway graphic and sharpens in focus.
Fiction book (1994) -
A cutaway view of the RCV engine shows its unusual valve arrangement and gearing.
Academic text (2002) -
The bees were shown life-size, and at the end of the book, there was a fold-out cutaway diagram of a hive.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
A picture or model that shows the inside of something by removing part of its outside
A model that shows the inside of something by removing part of the outside
Compounds
- Specialized
A picture or model that shows the inside of something by removing part of its outside
- Specialized
A model that shows the inside of something by removing part of the outside
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cutaway for a drawing or model comes from the English words cut and away, meaning 'cut' and 'away'. It is a picture or model where the outside is 'cut away' to show the inside, so the name tells you exactly what it does.