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Truncate

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Verb

1. truncate

replace a corner by a plane

2. truncate

approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one

Example Sentences:
'truncate a series'

3. cut short, truncate

make shorter as if by cutting off

Example Sentences:
'truncate a word'
'Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains'

Adjective

4. truncate, truncated

terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off

Example Sentences:
'a truncate leaf'
'truncated volcanic mountains'
'a truncated pyramid'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Truncate

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verb (trʌŋˈkeɪt , ˈtrʌŋkeɪt )
1. (transitive)
to shorten by cutting off a part, end, or top
adjective (ˈtrʌŋkeɪt )
2. 
cut short; truncated
3. biology
having a blunt end, as though cut off at the tip
a truncate leaf

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Truncate

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verb transitiveWord forms: ˈtrunˌcated or ˈtrunˌcating
1. 
to cut off a part of; shorten by cutting; lop
adjective
2. 
truncate verb transitive
3.  Biology
having a square, flattened, or broad end
4.  Zoology
lacking a normal apex, as some snail shells

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Truncate

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tr.v. trun·cat·ed, trun·cat·ing, trun·cates
1. To shorten or reduce: The script was truncated to leave time for commercials. See Synonyms at shorten.
2. To shorten (a number) by dropping one or more digits after the decimal point.
3. To replace (the edge of a crystal) with a plane face.
adj.
1. Appearing to terminate abruptly, as a leaf of a tulip tree or a coiled gastropod shell that lacks a spire.
2. Truncated.

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