(3D graphics) Having selectively removed surface elements of a three-dimensional model that make internal features visible, but without sacrificing the outer context entirely.2004, While it used to take several seconds to generate a single cutaway view in a complex freeform model, you can now view them just about instantly by dynamically scrolling and rotating a plane forward and backward through an object. CADalyst, Jan 2004
(television) A cut to a shot of person listening to a speaker so that the audience can see the listener's reaction.2004, Despite a pre-debate “memorandum of understanding†between the Bush campaign and the Kerry campaign that there would be no televised “cutaways†or reaction shots ... — The New Yorker, 18 Oct 2004
(television) The interruption of a continuously filmed action by inserting a view of something else.
