truncate

 

verb

Pronunciation: /trʌŋˈkeɪt, ˈtrʌŋ-/
[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