**It will depend on the context.** * I recall the term ["clamping" being used.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clamping_(graphics)) It appears in various disciplines including numerical optimization and computer graphics. * In the computer graphics area this is needed to distinguish it from an important, ubiquitous, but different operation called ["clipping"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipping_(computer_graphics)) * Despite that, ["clipping" is used in signal processing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipping_(signal_processing)) to denote your operation. * There is a closely allied operation in statistics called ["Winsorizing"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winsorizing). Winsorizing can be construed as beginning with a data-dependent clipping operation. [![Graph][1]][1] This graph of the "clipping" or "clamping" operation was created by plotting the function $x \to a \vee (b\wedge x)$ (where $\vee$ is the maximum and $\wedge$ is the minimum). It visually demonstrates that 1. Clipping is piecewise linear. 2. It can be construed as a special form of linear ["spline"](https://gerardnico.com/data_mining/linear_spline) connecting the points $(a,a)$ and $(b,b).$ (Applying affine transformations to either or both coordinate will transform it into a linear spline between any pair of distinct points.) See https://stats.stackexchange.com/a/291598/919 for the theory and code. [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/uOeFE.png