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Definition of Truncate

1. Adjective. Terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off. "A truncated pyramid"

2. Verb. Replace a corner by a plane.

3. Verb. Approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one. "Truncate a series"

4. Verb. Make shorter as if by cutting off. "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"

Definition of Truncate

1. v. t. To cut off; to lop; to maim.

2. a. Appearing as if cut off at the tip; as, a truncate leaf or feather.

Definition of Truncate

1. Verb. To shorten something as if by cutting off part of it. ¹

2. Verb. (mathematics) To shorten a decimal number by removing trailing (or leading) digits; to chop. ¹

3. Verb. (geometry) To replace a corner by a plane (or to make a similar change to a crystal). ¹

4. Adjective. truncated ¹

5. Adjective. (botany anatomy) Having an abrupt termination. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Truncate

1. to shorten by cutting off a part [v -CATED, -CATING, -CATES]

Medical Definition of Truncate

1. To cut off or to appear to have been cut off. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Truncate

trumpeting trumpetings trumpetless trumpetlike trumpetress trumpetresses trumpets trumpetweed trumpetwood trumpie

trumping trumpings trumplike trumps truncal truncate (current term) truncate ascertainment truncated truncated cone truncated icosahedra

truncated icosahedron truncated icosahedrons truncated pyramid truncates truncating truncation truncation error truncations trunch

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