truncate
to shorten by cutting off a part; cut short: Truncate detailed explanations.
Mathematics, Computers. to shorten (a number) by dropping a digit or digits: The numbers 1.4142 and 1.4987 can both be truncated to 1.4.
Biology.
square or broad at the end, as if cut off transversely.
lacking the apex, as certain spiral shells.
Origin of truncate
1Other words for truncate
Other words from truncate
- trun·cate·ly, adverb
- sub·trun·cate, adjective
Words Nearby truncate
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How to use truncate in a sentence
In other instances, when encountering an extremely long title, we might select the most relevant portion rather than starting at the beginning and truncating more useful parts.
Google confirms it changed how it creates titles for search result listings | Barry Schwartz | August 25, 2021 | Search Engine LandThe 2020 season had been truncated, axed to half-length by the same damn pandemic that cut everything short.
It’s impressive to score more than 100 points any year in hockey, but to do it in a pandemic season that has been truncated by over 30 games is unreal.
The NHL playoffs have a different format this year due to the truncated regular season.
The NHL’s 2021 playoff format rewards Maple Leafs, aids East Division winner | Neil Greenberg | May 7, 2021 | Washington PostThen, Schwarzenegger leveraged the truncated recall campaign period to woo the state into choosing him as its chief executive.
2021 is probably less-fertile terrain for a celebrity governor than 2003 was | Philip Bump | April 8, 2021 | Washington Post
Something traumatic causes a person to truncate himself or herself in that way.
How 'Scandal' Star Bellamy Young Transformed Mellie Into Fans' Favorite Character | Kevin Fallon | April 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis seems to have been the form present to Rostafinski when he wrote "columella truncate."
The North American Slime-Moulds | Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBrideThe upper margin of the cephalothorax is not rounded, but truncate.
Front margin truncate, sides almost straight, lower margin slightly convex, smooth and shiny and provided with many short hairs.
Upper edge almost truncate, yet rounded; sides evenly convex, lower edge almost straight.
Valve convex on dorsal side, apices dilated and truncate; stri distant at centre.
The Diatomaceae of Philadelphia and Vicinity | Charles Sumner Boyer
British Dictionary definitions for truncate
(tr) to shorten by cutting off a part, end, or top
cut short; truncated
biology having a blunt end, as though cut off at the tip: a truncate leaf
Origin of truncate
1Derived forms of truncate
- truncately, adverb
- truncation, noun
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