Truncated
[trʌŋ'keɪtɪd] or ['trʌŋketɪd]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Truncate
(a.) Cut off; cut short; maimed.
(a.) Replaced, or cut off, by a plane, especially when equally inclined to the adjoining faces; as, a truncated edge.
(a.) Lacking the apex; -- said of certain spiral shells in which the apex naturally drops off.
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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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