Truncate
[trʌŋ'keɪt;'trʌŋ-] or [trʌŋ'ket]
Definition
(verb.) make shorter as if by cutting off; 'truncate a word'; 'Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains'.
(verb.) approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one; 'truncate a series'.
(verb.) replace a corner by a plane.
(adj.) terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off; 'a truncate leaf'; 'truncated volcanic mountains'; 'a truncated pyramid' .
Typist: Richard--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To cut off; to lop; to maim.
(a.) Appearing as if cut off at the tip; as, a truncate leaf or feather.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Lop, maim, lop off, cut off.
Typist: Marion
Definition
v.t. to cut off: to lop: to maim.—adjs. Trunc′ate -d appearing as if cut off at the tip: ending in a transverse line.—adv. Trun′cately.—n. Truncā′tion.—Truncated cone pyramid a cone pyramid having the vertex cut off by a line parallel to the base.
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Examples
- Diving bells have been made of various forms, more especially in that of a bell or hollow truncated cone, with the smaller end closed, and the larger one, which is placed lowermost, open. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The meanest streets are strewed with truncated columns, broken capitals--Corinthian and Ionic, and sparkling fragments of granite or porphyry. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- As we neared the dark, truncated cone the vessel's speed was diminished until we barely moved. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Our only clue lay in the truncated telegram, and with a copy of this in his hand Holmes set forth to find a second link for his chain. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
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