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Cut´-out` (kŭt´out`)

n.	1.	(Telegraphy) A species of switch for changing the current from one circuit to another, or for shortening a circuit.
	2.	Something cut out from another object, especially a piece of thick paper or cardboard with a picture on it (as of a person or other object), embedded in a larger sheet of paper and having perforations around the edges of the figure to allow easy removal from the larger sheet.
	3.	A valve in the exhaust system of an internal combustion engine which, when activated, permits the exhaust gases to bypass the muffler.

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cut-out [ˈkʌtaʊt] N

1. (= paper, cardboard figure) → recorte m, figura f recortada; (child's, for cutting out) → recortable m, diseño m para recortar

2. (Elec) (= switch) → cortacircuitos m inv, automático m (Mech) → válvula f de escape

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