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This is pretty difficult to explain without maths and a diagram, but I will give it a try.

If you have seen a sinusoidal wave, which is like the "electrical component" of an electromagnetic wave. (Well, just imagine a wave), from zero it goes up to a certain level (called a crest) and to zero level and goes to a negative level (called trough).

In some applications, like voltage regulators, you do not need the wave to the highest level. So what you do is to chop off the topmost part of the wave so that it meets your needs. The level of the clipping (chopping of the topmost part) is determined by the circuit.

If you chop off the negative extreme (trough), it is called negative clipping.

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