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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Truncate \Trun"cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Truncated}; p. pr &
vb n. {Truncating}.] [L. truncatus, p. p. of truncare to cut
off mutilate, fr truncus maimed, mutilated, cut short. See
{Trunk}.]
To cut off to lop; to maim.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Truncate \Trun"cate\, a. [L. truncatus, p. p. ]
Appearing as if cut off at the tip; as a truncate leaf or
feather.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
truncate
adj : terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or
point cut off "a truncate leaf"; "truncated volcanic
mountains"; "a truncated pyramid" [syn: {truncated}]
v 1: replace a corner by a plane, in geometry
2: make shorter as if by cutting off "truncate a word";
"Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains" [syn:
{cut short}]
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