occluded clips. What do these mean?
They scanned players of various skill levels as they watched occluded clips of shots being played (the video clips would cut off just before contact was made with the shuttlecock) and tried to predict in which area of the court the shots would land.

--- what do occluded clips mean?

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occluded clips. What do these mean?
They scanned players of various skill levels as they watched occluded clips of shots being played (the video clips would cut off just before contact was made with the shuttlecock) and tried to predict in which area of the court the shots would land.

---> what do occluded clips mean?

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Occluded means blocked in some way. "There was a tall man seated in front of me at the movie, so my view was occluded."  "The woman's thick makeup occluded the pores on her face."

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It means 'cut off' or stopped or blocked. Likely, the video clip was part of a longer clip, but it's been 'cut off' or snipped to a smaller clip that terminates '...just before contact was made ...'.