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truncate |
3 definitions found 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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