terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off; a truncate leaf; truncated volcanic mountains; a truncated pyramid
[ Syn: truncated ]
truncate (adj.)
replace a corner by a plane
approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one; truncate a series'
make shorter as if by cutting off; truncate a word; Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains
[ Syn: cut short ]