cutaway

cutaway
(3D graphics) Having selectively removed surface elements of a three-dimensional model that make internal features visible, but without sacrificing the outer context entirely.

2004, While it used to take several seconds to generate a single cutaway view in a complex freeform model, you can now view them just about instantly by dynamically scrolling and rotating a plane forward and backward through an object. CADalyst, Jan 2004

2. noun
a) A cut to a shot of person listening to a speaker so that the audience can see the listeners reaction.

2004, Despite a pre-debate “memorandum of understanding” between the Bush campaign and the Kerry campaign that there would be no televised “cutaways” or reaction shots ... — The New Yorker, 18 Oct 2004

b) A coat with a tapered frontline.

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  • cutaway — I. adjective Date: 1841 having or showing parts cut away < a cutaway drawing > II. noun Date: 1849 1. a coat with skirts tapering from the front waistline to form tails at the back 2. a. a cutaway picture or representation b. a shot that interr …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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