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A clipping plane throws away [[Polygon|polygons]] on the other side of it. This can dramatically speed up the [[Rendering|rendering]] of a polygonal scene, since unneeded polygons can take up valuable processing power. 

See also [[BackfaceCulling|backface culling]], [[Frustrum|frustum]], [[HiddenSurfaceRemoval|hidden surface removal]].
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