What is Cut: Definition and 266 Discussions

In civil engineering, a cut or cutting is where soil or rock from a relative rise along a route is removed. The term is also used in river management to speed a waterway's flow by short-cutting a meander.
Cuts are typically used in road, rail, and canal construction to reduce the length and grade of a route. Cut and fill construction uses the spoils from cuts to fill in defiles to cost-effectively create relatively straight routes at steady grades.
Cuts are used as alternatives to indirect routes, embankments, or viaducts. They also have the advantage of comparatively lower noise pollution than elevated or at-grade solutions.

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  3. M

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  4. Pengwuino

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  6. S

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  7. marcus

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  8. V

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  9. S

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  10. M

    Was the Iraq War Justified by Its Outcomes?

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  11. S

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  12. B

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  13. D

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  14. T

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  15. zoobyshoe

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  16. Greg Bernhardt

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