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Webster 1913 Edition

Truncated

Trun′ca-ted

,
Adj.
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.
(Zool.)
Lacking the apex; – said of certain spiral shells in which the apex naturally drops off.
Truncated cone
or
Truncated pyramid
(Geom.)
,
a cone or pyramid whose vertex is cut off by a plane, the plane being usually parallel to the base.

Webster 1828 Edition

Truncated

TRUNC'ATED

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pp.
Cut off; cut short; maimed. A truncated cone is one whose vertex is cut off by a plane parallel to its base.
1.
Appearing as if cut off; plane; having no edge; as a mineral substance.

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truncated

truncated

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Adjective

truncated ‎(comparative more truncated, superlative most truncated)

  1. Deprived of one of its parts or of its end.
  2. Ending abruptly as if cut across at the base or tip.

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truncated

  1. simple past tense and past participle of truncate

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