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truncate

Syllabification: (trun·cate)
Pronunciation: /ˈtrəNGˌkāt/
Translate truncate | into Italian
Definition of truncate

verb

[with object] (often as adjective truncated)
  • shorten (something) by cutting off the top or the end:a truncated cone shape discussion was truncated by the arrival of tea
  • Crystallography replace (an edge or an angle) by a plane, typically so as to make equal angles with the adjacent faces.

adjective

Botany & Zoology
  • (of a leaf, feather, or other part) ending abruptly as if cut off across the base or tip.

Derivatives

truncation

Pronunciation: /ˌtrəNGˈkāSHən/
noun

Origin:

late 15th century (as a verb): from Latin truncat- 'maimed', from the verb truncare

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