Haircutting #s1-25 Vocabulary Words Quiz

Haircutting technique similar to shear-over-comb, except that the clippers move side to side across the comb rather than bottom to top.

• clipper-over-comb

• cutting line

• effilating

• fade

space between two lines or surfaces that intersect at a given point.

• effilating

• angle

• carving

• elevation

Parting the haircut in the opposite way from which you cut it in order to check for precision of line and shape.

• effilating

• cross-checking

• carving

• beveling

Also known as a one-length haircut: haircut in which all the hair comes to one hanginglevel, forming a weight line or area; hair is cut with no elevation or overdirection.

• one-length cut

• cutting line

• graduated haircut

• blunt haircut

Inner or internal line of a haircut.

• interior guideline

• graduation

• finger angle

• cutting line

Elevation that occurs when a section is lifted above 0 degrees.

• graduation

• graduated haircut

• long-layered haircut

• blunt haircut

Fade line blended from short to long with clippers or shears-over-comb technique.

• distribution

• Fade

• carving

• High and tight

Where and how hair is moved over the head.

• Distribution

• carving

• beveling

• diagonal back

Type of diagonal line that creates movement toward the face.

• guideline

• Diagonal back

• Diagonal forward

• carving

Section of hair, located either at the perimeter or the interior of the cut, that determines the lenth the hair will be cut; usually the first section that is cut to create a shape.

• Guideline

• Hairline

• cutting line

• beveling