The act of putting a slit in animals’ ears for identification purposes

The cutting out of various sheet metal shapes from the edge of a blank, strip, or part.

Definition A practice used by rating agencies whereby they automatically reduce structured financial collateral ratings made by another agency or agencies, without having assessed and rated themselves [..]

Making a "V" cut into the edge of motion picture film to remove damaged perforations, rather than making the repair with a splice, a practice that should be avoided because, by weakening the [..]

A technique used to improve the bind on perfect-bound books. Small notches are cut along the binding edge to increase the edge area available when the book is glued. Normally it is used with coated or calendered paper to improve the bind (see, The Photobook Binding Challenge White Paper).

A card-grading term used to describe indentations along the edge of a card, sometimes caused by a rubber band. Notching decreases a card's value.

A card-grading term used to describe indentations along the edge of a card, sometimes caused by wrapping a rubber band around a stack of cards. Under no circumstances should a rubber band be used to k [..]

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