Clipper circuits limit input voltage to sensitive devices (among other things.) Clampers are the foundation of voltage doublers, which allow us to get high voltages from small transformers (albeit at a lower current.) Both have many other applications, too.
Clippers and clamps both limit voltage.
A clipper usually refers to a circuit that limits low-power signal amplitudes to a desired maximum.
A clamp often refers to a circuit that limits over-voltages, voltage surges, or noise spikes in power rails to protect the circuits being powered. Another use is minimizing transient inductive voltages in various types of switching power supply circuits.
A spiked plate worn on the sole of the shoe to prevent slipping when walking on ice.
A person who applies a wheel clamp to a vehicle parked illegally or on private land.
A person who belongs to the Ancient and Honorable Society of E Clampus Vitus.
Clipper
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This article is about the 19th century sailing ships. For other uses, see Clipper (disambiguation).
"Clipper Ship Lightning" – an American clipper ship of the 1850s
A clipper was a very fast sailing ship of the middle third of the 19th century. They were fast, yachtlike vessels, with three masts and a square rig. They were generally narrow for their length, could carry limited bulk freight, small by later 19th century standards, and had a large total sail area. Clipper ships were mostly constructed in British and American shipyards, though France, Brazil, the Netherlands and other nations also produced some. Clippers sailed all over the world, primarily on the trade routes between the United Kingdom and its colonies in the east, in trans-Atlantic trade, and the New York-to-San Francisco route round Cape Horn during the California Gold Rush. Dutch clippers were built beginning in the 1850s for the tea trade and passenger service to Java.