adjective
cut short in duration
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- the abbreviated speech
- her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking
- an unsatisfactory truncated conversation
adjective
terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off
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Examples
- a truncate leaf
- truncated volcanic mountains
- a truncated pyramid
verb
replace a corner by a plane
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verb
approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one
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- truncate a series
verb
make shorter as if by cutting off
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Examples
- truncate a word
- Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains
adjective
terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off
Synonyms
Examples
- a truncate leaf
- truncated volcanic mountains
- a truncated pyramid