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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The cutting of lines of magnetic flux by the conductors of the electric circuit of a generator, considered, in accordance with the conceptions of Faraday, as the source of the induced electromotive force.

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Examples

  • According to playground law, line-cutting requires the consent of the party who will be immediately behind the cutter.

    Illogical But Not Unjust Jonathan V. Last 2011

  • Every car alarm, garbage truck, line-cutting nosey-body suddenly feel like a rebuke.

    Stephanie Sandberg: New Jersey State of Mind Stephanie Sandberg 2011

  • Moreover, thanks to a campaign launched last year that aims to deter line-cutting, Chinese citizens hoping to score tickets to the Olympic Games in August will for once wait patiently in a queue with everyone else.

    Penetrating the Great Firewall 2008

  • Moreover, thanks to a campaign launched last year that aims to deter line-cutting, Chinese citizens hoping to score tickets to the Olympic Games in August will for once wait patiently in a queue with everyone else.

    Penetrating the Great Firewall 2008

  • Moreover, thanks to a campaign launched last year that aims to deter line-cutting, Chinese citizens hoping to score tickets to the Olympic Games in August will for once wait patiently in a queue with everyone else.

    Penetrating the Great Firewall 2008

  • Moreover, thanks to a campaign launched last year that aims to deter line-cutting, Chinese citizens hoping to score tickets to the Olympic Games in August will for once wait patiently in a queue with everyone else.

    Penetrating the Great Firewall 2008

  • Also coming up, the woman at the center of the Wal-Mart line-cutting scandal reveals what really went down when she was busted by cops.

    CNN Transcript Nov 24, 2009 2009

  • But everybody agrees the alleged line-cutting incident somehow spiraled out of control and Heather was arrested.

    CNN Transcript Nov 24, 2009 2009

  • The Missouri woman on trial in a line-cutting dispute at a Wal - Mart store is testifying on her own behalf at this hour.

    CNN Transcript Nov 20, 2009 2009

  • In tonight ` s spotlight: the woman at the very center of the bizarre Walmart line-cutting trial talks exclusively to us here on ISSUES tonight.

    CNN Transcript Nov 24, 2009 2009

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