| A | B |
|---|
| Beveled cut | holding the shears at an angle to the hair strand other than 90 degrees. |
| Blunt cut | cutting hair straight without slithering. |
| Cowlick | a tuft of hair standing up. |
| Degree (s) | 1.) term used to describe various units of measurement ; 2.) a way to measure circles. |
| Diagonal lines | between horizontal and vertical - used for blending and special design. |
| Effilating | the process of thinning hair with scissors. |
| Elevations | angle at which the hair is held away from the head for cutting. |
| Graduated cut | wedge - has a stacked area around the exterior and is cut at low to medium elevations. |
| Growth directions | of the entire head - including the hairline and the top, back and sides. |
| Guide | section of hair that determines the length the hair will be cut - can be at the perimeter or in the interior of the cut. |
| Whorl | a circular pattern, as in the crown. |
| Horizontal lines | parallel to the floor - used in low-elevation haircuts. |
| Layering | graduated effect - cut the hair with elevation or over direction. Each subsequent subsection is a little shorter than the guide. |
| Notching | cutting with the points of the shears to create texture in the hair ends. |
| Parallel lines | do not meet in space. |
| Perpendicular lines | intersect at a 90-degree angle. |
| Pointing | cutting with the points of the shears to create texture in the hair ends. |
| Sectioning | the dividing of hair into uniform working areas at the top, front, crown, sides, back and nape. |
| Sections | divisions of the hair made before cutting. |
| Slide cutting | a method using nonserated, razor-sharp shears. |
| Slithering | the process of thinning hair with scissors. |
| Tension | how tightly the hair is pulled when cutting. |
| Verticle lines | perpendicular to the floor - used for high-elevation haircuts. |
| Weight line | level at which a blunt curl falls; where the ends of the hair hang together. |
| Whorl | a circular pattern, as in the crown. |
