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Webster 1913 Edition
Truncate
Trun′cate
,Verb.
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.
Trun′cate
,Adj.
[L.
truncatus
, p. p. ] Appearing as if cut off at the tip;
as, a
. truncate
leaf or featherWebster 1828 Edition
Truncate
TRUNC'ATE
,Verb.
T.
TRUNC'ATE
,Adj.
Definition 2024
truncate
truncate
English
Verb
truncate (third-person singular simple present truncates, present participle truncating, simple past and past participle truncated)
- To shorten something as if by cutting off part of it.
- (mathematics) To shorten a decimal number by removing trailing (or leading) digits; to chop.
- (geometry) To replace a corner by a plane (or to make a similar change to a crystal).
Related terms
Synonyms
- (mathematics): round down
Translations
shorten something as if by cutting off part of it
shorten a decimal number by removing trailing (or leading) digits; to chop
replace a corner by a plane
See also
- (geometry): dual polyhedron
Adjective
truncate (not comparable)
- Truncated.
- (botany, anatomy) Having an abrupt termination.
Translations
truncated
botany, anatomy: having an abrupt termination
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External links
- truncate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- truncate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911