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Overview of verb truncate

The verb truncate has 3 senses


  • truncate -- (replace a corner by a plane)

  • truncate -- (approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one; "truncate a series")

  • truncate, cut short -- (make shorter as if by cutting off; "truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains")


Overview of adj truncated

The adj truncated has 2 senses


  • abbreviated, shortened, truncated -- (cut short in duration; "the abbreviated speech"; "her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking"; "an unsatisfactory truncated conversation")

  • truncate, truncated -- (terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off; "a truncate leaf"; "truncated volcanic mountains"; "a truncated pyramid")