gennemskåret

Gennemskåret is a Danish adjective formed from gennem meaning through and skåret, the past participle of skære (to cut). It describes something that has been cut all the way through, such that a cut runs from one side to the other. The term is commonly used in technical or descriptive prose to indicate a through-cut or cross-sectional condition.

The word is often applied to materials or objects prepared for inspection or study, such as a metal plate that is gennemskåret to accommodate a component, a wooden piece that is gennemskåret to expose its interior, or an anatomical specimen described as gennemskåret to reveal internal features. While tværsnit is a standard Danish word for cross-section, gennemskåret emphasizes that the cut penetrates the entire object rather than forming merely a partial notch.

Etymologically, the term is straightforward: gennem means through, and skåret is the past participle of skære (to cut). As a result, gennemskåret conveys a literal sense of a feature that extends completely across the item it describes and is common in engineering, biology, archaeology, and other fields that require precise description of how something has been cut or opened.

In English, the closest equivalents are through-cut, cross-sectioned, or sectioned through, depending on the context. The term is primarily descriptive and remains less common outside technical Danish usage, where it remains a concise way to denote a complete through-cut.