Meaning of TRUNCATE
| Pronunciation: | | 'trung`keyt
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- [adj] terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off; "a truncate leaf"; "truncated volcanic mountains"; "a truncated pyramid"
- [v] make shorter as if by cutting off; "truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"
- [v] mathematics: approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one; of a series
- [v] replace a corner by a plane, in geometry
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| | Synonyms: | | cut short, short, truncated |
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| | See Also: | | approximate, chop off, cut off, estimate, gauge, guess, judge, lop off, replace, shorten, substitute | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Trun"cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Truncated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Truncating}.] [L. truncatus, p. p. of truncare to cut
off, mutilate, fr. truncus maimed, mutilated, cut short. See
{Trunk}.]
To cut off; to lop; to maim.
\Trun"cate\, a. [L. truncatus, p. p. ]
Appearing as if cut off at the tip; as, a truncate leaf or
feather.
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | - To cut off.
- To appear to have been cut off.
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