truncate (adj.)

  1. 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 (v.)

  1. replace a corner by a plane

  2. approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one; truncate a series'

  3. make shorter as if by cutting off; truncate a word; Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains

    [ Syn: cut short ]

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