truncated
[truhng-key-tid]
- 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.
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Origin of truncated
truncate
[truhng-keyt]
- 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.
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- truncated.
- Biology.
- square or broad at the end, as if cut off transversely.
- lacking the apex, as certain spiral shells.
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Origin of truncate
Synonyms
See more synonyms for truncate on Thesaurus.com1. abridge, trim, curtail, abbreviate.
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Examples from the Web for truncated
Contemporary Examples
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.
Sequester Furloughs Force Government Workers to Change Financial and Career PlansMiranda Green
August 10, 2013
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
The animals stopped on the upper plateau of the truncated cone.
Modioliform: globular, truncated at both ends; like the hub of a wheel.
Explanation of Terms Used in EntomologyJohn. B. Smith
The pyramid of Cholula is of truncated form, like most of these numerous structures.
MexicoCharles Reginald Enock
Too far from the truncated kopjes to reap any benefit from them.
On the Heels of De WetThe Intelligence Officer
The general form of the egg is still that of a truncated ellipsoid.
The Glow-Worm and Other BeetlesJean Henri Fabre
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
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truncate
- (tr) to shorten by cutting off a part, end, or top
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- cut short; truncated
- biology having a blunt end, as though cut off at the tipa truncate leaf
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Word Origin
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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truncate
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
truncate
(trŭng′kāt′)- To shorten by or as if by cutting off, especially by cutting across at right angles to the long axis.
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