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truncation


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Truncation  \Trun*ca"tion\,  n.  [L.  truncatio.] 
  1.  The  act  of  truncating,  lopping,  or  cutting  off 
 
  2.  The  state  of  being  truncated. 
 
  3.  (Min.)  The  replacement  of  an  edge  or  solid  angle  by  a 
  plane,  especially  when  the  plane  is  equally  inclined  to 
  the  adjoining  faces. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  truncation 
  n  :  the  property  of  being  truncated  or  short  [syn:  {shortness}] 




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