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truncate

Translate truncate | into Italian
Definition of truncate

verb

[with object]
  • 1 (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
  • 2 Crystallography replace (an edge or an angle) by a plane, typically so as to make equal angles with the adjacent faces.

adjective

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

Derivatives

truncation

Pronunciation: /-ˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/
noun

Origin:

late 15th century (earlier (Middle English) as truncation): from Latin truncat- 'maimed', from the verb truncare

truncate in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of truncate in the US English dictionary
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