truncated
shortened by or as if by having a part cut off; cut short: an unnecessarily truncated essay.
(of a geometric figure or solid) having the apex, vertex, or end cut off by a plane: a truncated cone or pyramid.
Crystallography. (of a crystal) having corners, angles, or edges cut off or replaced by a single plane.
Biology. truncate (def. 4).
Prosody. (of a line of verse) lacking at the beginning or end one or more unstressed syllables needed to fill out the metrical pattern.
Origin of truncated
1Other words from truncated
- sub·trun·cat·ed, adjective
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How to use truncated in a sentence
The truncated test has again raised questions about the SLS program, which is already years behind schedule and billions of dollars over budget.
Before shortened NASA SLS rocket engine test, officials predicted only a 50 percent chance of complete success | Christian Davenport | January 19, 2021 | Washington PostMajor League Soccer administered nearly 5,000 tests last week, and Major League Baseball conducted some 170,000 tests during its truncated season.
As thousands of athletes get coronavirus tests, nurses wonder: What about us? | Kent Babb | December 3, 2020 | Washington PostEven in a truncated season, Pitts has 29 catches for 513 yards and 11 touchdowns.
College football winners and losers: Pac-12 playoff hopes disappear with Oregon’s loss | Patrick Stevens | November 29, 2020 | Washington PostConversely, the NWSL completed a truncated season in October and doesn’t plan to launch its 2021 season until mid-April.
U.S. women’s national soccer team reassembles near the end of ‘a crazy year’ | Steven Goff | November 23, 2020 | Washington PostAfter consulting with the FDA, which agreed that the positive data were valid, despite the truncated study, Biogen applied for approval for treating early-stage Alzheimer’s disease.
The Most Promising Alzheimer’s Drug in Years Took a Thrashing From an FDA Advisory Committee | Alice Park | November 10, 2020 | Time
With one exception, the B-1B, the projects were canceled or truncated.
How the Pentagon Strangles Its Most Advanced Stealth Warplanes | Bill Sweetman | October 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOne series of tests last year was truncated so that the test aircraft and crew could go and chase drug-runners.
He said you need to translate him as he really was – less lyrical, more truncated, almost slightly harsh.
If You Had One Year to Live, How Would You Spend It? | Edward Platt | November 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTSome names have been changed—or truncated to first-names only—due to concerns over retribution for being quoted on the topic.
Sequester Furloughs Force Government Workers to Change Financial and Career Plans | Miranda Green | August 10, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAn added sentence—possibly from an actual interview Goodall conducted with Aplin—followed by a pilfered (and truncated) one.
Jane Goodall’s Troubling, Error-Filled New Book, ‘Seeds of Hope’ | Michael Moynihan | March 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTTail truncated, spine on the side of the tail very distinct, imbedded in a sheath.
On this truncated pyramid he distinguished, or thought he distinguished, one or more of the pueblos of the Moquis.
Overland | John William De ForestIn a short time it becomes truncated, and then cylindrical, after which the arms begin to shoot from the anterior end.
The Book of Curiosities | I. PlattsIf the truncated portions of a polype be placed end to end, and gently pushed together, they will unite into a single one.
The Book of Curiosities | I. PlattsThe shape was either of the sugar-loaf order or a cylinder surmounted by a truncated cone (Fig. 20).
Armour & Weapons | Charles John Ffoulkes
British Dictionary definitions for truncated
/ (trʌŋˈkeɪtɪd) /
maths (of a cone, pyramid, prism, etc) having an apex or end removed by a plane intersection that is usually nonparallel to the base
(of a crystal) having edges or corners cut off
shortened by or as if by cutting off; truncate
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