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Webster 1913 Edition
Truncation
Trun-ca′tion
,Noun.
[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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Truncation
TRUNCA'TION
,Noun.
Definition 2024
truncation
truncation
English
Noun
truncation (plural truncations)
- The act of truncating or shortening (in all senses)
- (mathematics) The removal of the least significant digits from a decimal number
- (geometry) The replacement of a solid angle by a plane (or a similar operation in other dimensions)
Translations
act of truncating
removal of the least significant digits from a decimal number
replacement of a solid angle by a plane
Related terms
External links
- truncation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- truncation in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911