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Ch.14
Haircutting
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Cosmetology
12th Grade
12/05/2011

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Term
ANGLE
Definition
SPACE BETWEEN TWO LINES OR SURFACES THAT INTERSECT AT A GIVEN POINT.
Term
APEX
Definition
HIGHEST POINT ON THE TOP OF THE HEAD.
Term
BANG
Definition
TRIANGULAR SECTION THAT BEGINS AT THE APEX AND ENDS AT THE FRONT CORNERS.
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BEVELING
Definition
TECHNIQUE USING DIAGONAL LINES BY CUTTING HAIR ENDS WITH A SLIGHT INCREASE OR DECREASE IN LENGTH.
Term
BLUNT HAIRCUT
Definition
HAIRCUT IN WHICH ALL HAIR FALLS TO ONE HANGING LEVEL; NO LAYERS.
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CARVING
Definition
PLACING STILL BLADE ON SCALP AND THEN MOVING SHEARS THROUGH THE HAIR WHILE OPENING AND PARTIALLY CLOSING THE SHEARS.
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CLIPPER-OVER-COMB
Definition
CLIPPERS MOVE SIDE TO SIDE ACCROSS THE COMB.
Term
CROSS-CHECKING
Definition
PARTING THE HAIRCUT IN THE OPPOSITE WAY FROM WHICH YOU CUT IT.
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CROWN
Definition
AREA OF THE HEAD BETWEEN THE APEX AND BACK OF THE PARIETAL RIDGE.
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CUTTING LINE
Definition
ANGLE AT WHICH THE FINGERS ARE HELD WHEN CUTTING.
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DISTRIBUTION
Definition
WHERE AND HOW HAIR IS MOVED OVER THE HEAD.
Term
ELEVATION
Definition
ANGLE OR DEGREE AT WHICH A SUBSECTION OF HAIR IS HELP, OR LIFTED, FROM THE HEAD WHEN CUTTING.
Term
FOUR CORNERS
Definition
POINTS ON THE HEAD THAT SIGNAL A CHANGE IN THE SHAPE OF THE HEAD.
Term
FREE-HAND NOTCHING
Definition
TECHNIQUES IN WHICH PEICES OF HAIR OF SNIPPED OUT AT RANDOM INTERVALS.
Term
FREE-HAND SLICING
Definition
TECHNIQUE USED TO RELEASE WEIGHT FROM THE SUBSECTION, ALLOWING HAIR TO MOVE MORE FREELY.
Term
GRADUATION
Definition
ELEVATION OCCURS WHEN A SECTION IS LIFTED ABOVE 0 DEGREES.
Term
GROWTH PATTERN
Definition
DIRECTION IN WHICH THE HAIR GROWS FROM THE SCALP.
Term
GUIDELINE
Definition
SECTION OF HAIR LOCATED EITHER AT THE PERIMETER OR THE INTERIOR, THAT DETERMINES THE LENGTH THE HAIR WILL BE. 
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HAIRLINE
Definition
HAIR THAT GROWS AT THE OUTERMOST PERIMETER ALONG THE FACE, AROUND EARS, AND ON NECK.
Term
HEAD FORM
Definition
SHAPE OF THE HEAD, WHICH GREATLY AFFECTS THE WAY THE HAIR FALLS AND BEHAVES.
Term
  • INTERIOR
Definition
INNER OR INTERNAL PART.
Term
INTERIOR GUIDELINE
Definition
GUIDELINE THAT IS INSIDE THE HAIRCUT RATHER THAN IN THE PERIMETER.
Term
LAYERED HAIRCUT
Definition
GRADUATED EFFECT ACHEIVED BY CUTTING THE HAIR WITH ELEVATION OR OVER-DIRECTION.
Term
LAYERS
Definition
CREATE MOVEMENT AND VOLUME IN THE HAIR BY RELEASING WEIGHT.
Term
LINE
Definition
THIN CONTINUOUS MARK USED AS A GUIDE.
Term
LONG-LAYERED HAIRCUT
Definition
HAIR IS CUT AT 180 DEGREES.
Term
NAPE
Definition
BACK PART OF THE NECK.
Term
OVER-DIRECTION
Definition
COMBING A SECTION AWAY FROM ITS NATURAL FALLING POSITION.
Term
PALM-TO-PALM
Definition
CUTTING POSITIONIN WHICH THE PALMS OF BOTH HANDS ARE FACING EACH OTHER.
Term
PARIETAL RIDGE
Definition
WIDEST AREA OF THE HEAD.
Term
PART/PARTING
Definition
LINE DIVIDING THE HAIR TO THE SCALP THAT SEPERATES ONE SECTION OF HAIR FROM ANOTHER OR SUBSECTIONS.
Term
PERIMETER
Definition
OUTER LINE OF A HAIRSTYLE.
Term
POINT CUTTING
Definition
TIPS OF SHEARS ARE USED TO CUT POINTS INTO THE ENDS OF THE HAIR.
Term
RAZOR-OVER-COMB
Definition
COMB AND RAZOR ARE USED ON THE SURFACE OF THE HAIR.
Term
RAZOR ROTATION
Definition
TEXTURIZING TECHNIQUE SIMILAR TO RAZOR OVER COMB, DONE WITH CIRCULAR MOTIONS.
Term
REFERENCE POINTS
Definition
USED TO ESTABLISH DESIGN LINES THAT ARE PROPORTIONAL.
Term
SECTIONS
Definition
TO DIVIDE THE HAIR BY PARTING INTO UNIFORM WORKING AREAS FOR CONTROL.
Term
SCISSOR-OVER-COMB
Definition
HAIRCUTTING TECHNIQUE IN WHICH HAIR IS HELD IN PLACE WITH COMB WHILE THE TIPS OF THE SCISSORS ARE USED TO REMOVE THE LENGTHS.
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