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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]: 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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