truncated [truhng -key-tid]
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See more synonyms for truncated on Thesaurus.com 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. Show More
Origin of truncated First recorded in
1480–90; truncate +
-ed2 Related forms sub·trun·cat·ed , adjective verb (used with object), trun·cat·ed, trun·cat·ing. 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. Show More
truncated . Biology square or broad at the end, as if cut off transversely. lacking the apex, as certain spiral shells. Show More
Origin of truncate 1480–90; <
Latin truncātus (past participle of
truncāre to lop), equivalent to
trunc(us )
trunk +
-ātus -ate1 Related forms trun·cate·ly , adverb sub·trun·cate , adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Related Words for truncated abridge ,
curtail ,
abbreviate ,
trim ,
pare ,
cut ,
prune ,
clip ,
top ,
crop ,
lop ,
shear Examples from the Web for truncated Contemporary Examples of truncated With one exception, the B-1B, the projects were canceled or truncated .
One series of tests last year was truncated so that the test aircraft and crew could go and chase drug-runners.
Some names have been changed—or truncated to first-names only—due to concerns over retribution for being quoted on the topic.
An added sentence—possibly from an actual interview Goodall conducted with Aplin—followed by a pilfered (and truncated ) one.
Several national news outlets picked up the truncated video, which was edited by Phoenix television station KTVK.
Historical Examples of truncated The animals stopped on the upper plateau of the truncated cone.
Modioliform: globular, truncated at both ends; like the hub of a wheel.
The pyramid of Cholula is of truncated form, like most of these numerous structures.
Too far from the truncated kopjes to reap any benefit from them.
The general form of the egg is still that of a truncated ellipsoid.
British Dictionary definitions for truncated 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 Show More
verb (trʌŋˈkeɪt , ˈtrʌŋkeɪt ) (tr) to shorten by cutting off a part, end, or top Show More
cut short; truncated biology having a blunt end, as though cut off at the tip a truncate leaf Show More
Derived Forms truncately , adverb truncation , noun Word Origin for truncate C15: from Latin truncāre to lop
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Word Origin and History for truncated adj. late 15c., past participle adjective from truncate . Originally in heraldry; modern senses are post-1700.
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v. late 15c., from Latin truncatus "cut off," past participle of truncare "to maim, cut off," from truncus "mutilated, cut off" (see trunk ). Related: Truncated ; truncating .
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
To shorten by or as if by cutting off, especially by cutting across at right angles to the long axis. Show More
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