truncation

[truhng-key-shuhn]

noun

1. the act or process of truncating.

2. the quality or state of being truncated. truncated.

3. Prosody.,  the omission of one or more unaccented syllables at the beginning or the end of a line of verse.

4. Banking.,  a system of electronic check recording under which canceled checks are not returned to customers by the bank.

Other Word Forms

• subtruncation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of truncation¹

1570–80; < Late Latin truncātiōn- (stem of truncātiō ), equivalent to Latin truncātus ( truncate ) + -iōn- -ion

Example Sentences

The main reason for the truncation of a series is that it is not possible to be fitted in because of the need for three days of rest between matches.

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Mr Johnson argues that what he calls "desperate truncations" would not yield any short-term savings "and make no difference to the case for tax cuts".

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That titular truncation of Woody Guthrie’s iconic anthem signals one of Simon’s compositional strategies.

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But Bobrick and Martire found this “truncation” of the gravitational field to be the reason why large amounts of negative energy are required to stabilize the contortion of space and time.

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So I don’t know what any particular day’s official, chronological lineup was, but Thompson and his editor, Joshua L. Pearson, have done some mighty hefty truncation.

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When To Use

What does truncation mean?

Truncation is the act or process of truncating—shortening something by removing part of it.It can also mean the state of having been truncated.Truncation can involve the removal of the beginning of something, the end of it, the top of it, or another part of it. In scientific and medical contexts, truncation often involves cutting off a part of something in a way that’s parallel to its base (or perpendicular to its side).In the context of math, to truncate is to shorten a number by dropping some of the digits after the decimal place. For example, 1.356 can be truncated to 1.3. (This is different from rounding, in which the last one or two digits are adjusted in a specified way in order to reflect the magnitude of the original number.)In poetry, truncation refers to the practice of leaving out syllables at the beginning or end of a line.In banking, truncation is used in a more specific way to refer to a simplified system of electronic check recording in which canceled checks are not returned to customers by the bank.Example: Unfortunately, the poor weather has resulted in the truncation of the season.