Clipper definition

noun

(1) Scissors for cutting hair or finger nails (often used in the plural)

(2) Shears for cutting grass or shrubbery (often used in the plural)

(3) A fast sailing ship used in former times

(4) (electronics) an nonlinear electronic circuit whose output is limited in amplitude; used to limit the instantaneous amplitude of a waveform (to clip off the peaks of a waveform)

"A limiter introduces amplitude distortion"