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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]:
Truncated \Trun"ca*ted\, a.
1. Cut off cut short; maimed.
2. (Min.) Replaced, or cut off by a plane, especially when
equally inclined to the adjoining faces; as a truncated
edge.
3. (Zo["o]l.) Lacking the apex; -- said of certain spiral
shells in which the apex naturally drops off
{Truncated cone} or {pyramid} (Geom.), a cone or pyramid
whose vertex is cut off by a plane, the plane being
usually parallel to the base.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
truncated
adj 1: cut short in duration; "the abbreviated speech"; "a
curtailed visit"; "her shortened life was clearly the
result of smoking"; "an unsatisfactory truncated
conversation" [syn: {abbreviated}, {shortened}]
2: terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or
point cut off "a truncate leaf"; "truncated volcanic
mountains"; "a truncated pyramid" [syn: {truncate}]
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