truncated

[ truhng-key-tid ]

/ ˈtrʌŋ keɪ tɪd /

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adjective

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.

Prosody. (of a line of verse) lacking at the beginning or end one or more unstressed syllables needed to fill out the metrical pattern.

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Words related to truncated

abridge, curtail, abbreviate, trim, pare, cut, prune, clip, top, crop, lop, shear

Words nearby truncated

trumpetweed, trumps, trumscheit, truncal, truncate, truncated, truncation, truncheon, trundle, trundle bed, trundler

Origin of truncated

First recorded in 1480–90; truncate + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM truncated

sub·trun·cat·ed, adjective

Definition for truncated (2 of 2)

truncate

[ truhng-keyt ]

/ ˈtrʌŋ keɪt /

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.

adjective

truncated.

Biology.

square or broad at the end, as if cut off transversely.
lacking the apex, as certain spiral shells.

Origin of truncate

1480–90; < Latin truncātus (past participle of truncāre to lop), equivalent to trunc(us) trunk + -ātus -ate¹

SYNONYMS FOR truncate

1 abridge, trim, curtail, abbreviate.

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OTHER WORDS FROM truncate

trun·cate·ly, adverbsub·trun·cate, adjective

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Examples from the Web for truncated

With one exception, the B-1B, the projects were canceled or truncated.
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One series of tests last year was truncated so that the test aircraft and crew could go and chase drug-runners.
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Some names have been changed—or truncated to first-names only—due to concerns over retribution for being quoted on the topic.
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An added sentence—possibly from an actual interview Goodall conducted with Aplin—followed by a pilfered (and truncated) one.
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Several national news outlets picked up the truncated video, which was edited by Phoenix television station KTVK.
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All arms rounded, at their truncated end little broader than at their base.
Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia)|Ernst Haeckel
A low fan-shaped strip of land, dammed out from the waters of the bay, the handle being towards the shore and truncated.
The Englishman in China During the Victorian Era, Vol. II (of 2)|Alexander Michie
Or are you looking into the hollow of a truncated pyramid with the smaller square in the background?
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, January 1899|Various
The inner growing surface is almost pentagonal in outline; with the basal margin square and truncated in the middle.
A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 1 of 2)|Charles Darwin
The first represents two truncated pyramids placed base to base.
The Teaching of Geometry|David Eugene Smith

British Dictionary definitions for truncated (1 of 2)

truncated

/ (trʌŋˈkeɪtɪd) /

adjective

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

British Dictionary definitions for truncated (2 of 2)

truncate

verb (trʌŋˈkeɪt, ˈtrʌŋkeɪt)

(tr) to shorten by cutting off a part, end, or top

adjective (ˈtrʌŋkeɪt)

cut short; truncated

biology having a blunt end, as though cut off at the tipa truncate leaf

Derived forms of truncate

truncately, adverbtruncation, noun

Word Origin for truncate

C15: from Latin truncāre to lop

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Medicine definitions for truncated

truncate

[ trŭng′kāt′ ]

v.

To shorten by or as if by cutting off, especially by cutting across at right angles to the long axis.