slitting
Making thin cuts
Slitting is the act of making a long, narrow cut or opening.
The word appears in contexts ranging from industrial processes slitting steel coils into strips to craft work slitting envelopes open to violence slitting throats.
The continuous action implied by the -ing form emphasizes the drawing motion of a blade through material.
Dividing into parts
- partingAct of leaving another
- dividingSeparating into parts
- bisectingDividing into two equal parts
- halvingDividing into two
segmenting · severing · cleaving · rending · sundering · detaching · partitioning · dissecting
Blade for removing hair
- bladeFlat cutting edge
- knifeSharp cutting utensil
- scalpelPrecise surgical knife
- box-cutterHandheld carton-slicing tool
incision · gash · slash · laceration · slice · wound · nick · score
Connected loops of material
- steelCarbon-hardened iron alloy
- aluminumElement thirteen
- rollsSmall rounded breads
- webInterwoven filament structure
rewinding · splicing · laminating · converting · processing · machinery · equipment · tension
Willingness to accept difference
- accuracyDegree of correctness
- alignmentCorrect relative positioning
- calibrationAdjusting for measurement accuracy
- measurementDetermining size or amount
straightness · consistency · uniformity · specifications · micron · exactness · repeatability
splitting
Dividing into parts
halving · segmenting · severing · cleaving · rending · sundering · detaching · partitioning · dissecting · narrowing
razor
Blade for removing hair
box-cutter · incision · gash · slash · laceration · slice · wound · nick · score · groove
coils
Connected loops of material
web · rewinding · splicing · laminating · converting · processing · machinery · equipment · tension · substrates
tolerance
Willingness to accept difference
- accuracyDegree of correctness
- alignmentCorrect relative positioning
- calibrationAdjusting for measurement accuracy
measurement · straightness · consistency · uniformity · specifications · micron · exactness · repeatability
slitter
Tool that cuts lengthwise
- shearLateral sliding force
- guillotineVertical beheading apparatus
- scorerOne who earns points
perforator · arbor · mandrel · spacer · anvil · burr · carbide · serrated
- breaking downsplitting, fragmenting, dividing, breaking up, partitioning
- cuttingslicing, slice, chopping, dice, dicing
- print finishinglaminating, embossing, die cutting, folding, trimming
- smithingforging, blacksmithing, hammering, hand forging, upsetting
- packagingbox, bag, bottle, can, jar
- metalworkingwelding, casting, forging, smithing, smelting