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| Space between two lines or surfaces that intersect at a given point. |
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| Highest point on the top of the head. |
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| Triangular section that begins at the apex and ends at the front corners. |
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| Technique using diagonal lines by cutting hair ends with a slight increase or decrease in length. |
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| Haircut in which all the hair comes to one hanging level, forming a weight line or area; hair is cut with no elevation or over direction; also referred to as one-length, zero-elevation, no-elevation cut. |
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| Haircutting technique done by placing the still blade into the hair and resting it on the scalp, and then moving the shears through the hair while opening and partially closing the shears. |
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| Haircutting technique similar to scissor-over-comb, except that the clippers move side to side across the comb rather than bottom to top. |
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| Parting the haircut in the opposite way from which you cut it, to check for precision of line and shape. |
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| Area of the head between the apex and back of the parietal ridge. |
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| Angle at which the fingers are held when cutting, and ultimately the line that is cut; also known as finger angle, finger position, cutting position, cutting angle. |
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| Where and how hair is moved over the head. |
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| Angle or degree at which a subsectionof hair is held, or lifted from the head when cutting; also referred to as projection or lifting. |
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| Points on the head that signal a change in the shape of the head, from flat to round or vice versa. |
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| Notching technique in which pieces of hair are snipped out at random intervals. |
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| Technique used to release weight from the subsection, allowing the hair to move more freely. |
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| Graduated shape or wedge; an effect or haircutthat results from cutting the hair with tension, low to medium elevation or over direction. |
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| Elevationoccurs when a section is lifted above 0 degrees. |
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| Direction in which the hair grows from the scalp; also referred to as natural fall or natural falling position. |
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| Section of hair, located either at the perimeter or the interior of the cut, that determines the length the hair will be cut, also referred to as a guide usually the first section that is cut to create a shape. |
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| Hair that grows at the outermost perimeter along the face, around the ears, and on the neck. |
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| Shape of the head, which greatly affects the way the hair falls and behaves; aslo called head shape. |
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| Guideline that is inside the haircut rather than on the perimeter. |
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| Graduated effect achieved by cutting the hair with elevation or over-direction; the hair is cut at higher elevations usually 90 degrees or above, which removes weight. |
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| Create movement and volume in the hair by releasing weight. |
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| Thin continuous mark used as a guide; can be straight or cured, horizontal, vertical, or diagonal. |
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| Haircut in which the hair is cut at a 180 degree angle; the resulting shape has shorter layers at the top and increasingly long layers toward the perimeter. |
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| Back part of the neck; the hair below the occipital bone. |
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| version of a point cutting in which the tips of the scissors are moved toward the hair ends rather than into them; creates a chunkier effect. |
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| Combing a section away from its natural falling position, rather than straight out from the head, towarda guideline; used to create increasing lengths in the interior or perimeter. |
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| Cutting position in which the palms of both hands are facing each other. |
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| Widest area of the head, usually starting at the temples and ending at the bottom of the crown. |
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| Line dividing the hair to the scalp that separates on section of hair from another or creates subsections. |
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| Outer line of a hairstyle. |
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| Haircutting technique in which the tips of the shears are used to cut "Points" into the ends of the hair. |
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| Texturizing technique in which the comb and the razor are used on the surface of the hair. |
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| Texturizing technique similar to razor-over-comb, done with small circular motions. |
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| Points on the head that mark where the surface of the head changes or behavior of the hair changes, such as ears, jawline, occipital bone, apex, and so on; used to establish design lines that are proportionate. |
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| To divide the hair by parting into uniform working areas for control. |
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| Haircutting technique in which the hair is held in place with the comb while the tips of the scissors are used to remove the lengths. |
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| Technique that removes bulk and adds movement through the lengths of the hair; the shears are not completely closed, and only the portion of the blades near the pivot is used. |
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| Method of cutting or thinning the hair in which the fingers and shears glide along the edge of the hair to remove length. |
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| Process of thinning the hair to graduated lengths with shears; cutting the hair with a sliding movement of the shears while keeping the blades partially opened; also called effilating. |
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| Guideline That Does Not move. |
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| Smaller sections within a larger section of hair, used to maintain cntrol of the hair while cutting. |
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| Haircutting effect in which there is an even blend from very short at the hairline to longer lengths as you move up the head, to taper is to narrow progressively at one end. |
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| Amount of pressure applied when combing and holding a section, created by strecting or pulling the section. |
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| Removing excess bulk without shortening the length. |
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| Guideline that moves as the haircutting progresses, used often when creating layers or graduation. |
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| Hair is elevated to 90 degrees from the scalp and cut at the same length. |
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| Visual line in the haircut, where the ends of the hair hang together. |
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