This can be a leaf, roots, shoot, or a bud that has been cut off and then used in propagation.
Cutting in
Careful painting of an edge, such as wall color at the ceiling line or at the edge of woodwork.
Cutting off tool
Also called parting tools, they are available for both wood lathes and metal lathes and are used to cut straight into the piece that is turning on a lathe to separate it from the lathe headstock. The wood lathe tool is hand held. The metal lathe tool is held in a tool holder and is advanced into the work as the work spins and cuts completely and smoothly through the work.
Cutting torch
Electric arc or oxyacetylene torch used for cutting steel.
Cyaniding
Process where steel, which is in contact with molten cyanide salt, is heated then quenched, case-hardening it.
Cycad
An ancient group of plants that were very abundant in the "age of dinosaurs" (the Jurasic and Cretaceous periods). There are less than 200 species that survive today and are growing in the warmer regions of the world. Often thought of as long-lived flowerless plants. Most are palm or fern-like.
Cycle
(1) A recurring period of a definite number of years, used as a measure of time. (2) A complete set of events recurring in the same sequence. (3) One complete period of the reversal of an alternating current from positive to negative and back again.
Cycle time
The time beginning at the instant a toilet flush lever is actuated until the instant the water supply shuts off, completing the flush cycle.
Cycling losses
The loss of heat as the water circulates through a water heater tank and inlet and outlet pipes.
Cycloid
(1) A curve traced by any point on the circumference, or on a radius, of a circle which rolls without slipping through one complete revolution along a straight line in a single plane. (2) Designating or having fish scales that are rounded in form with smooth edges. (3) Circular.
