truncation (n.)

  1. the property of being truncated or short

    [ Syn: shortness ]

  2. the replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces)

  3. the act of cutting short; it is an obvious truncation of the verse; they were sentenced to a truncation of their limbs'

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