Definitions for: Truncate


[adj] terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off; "a truncate leaf"; "truncated volcanic mountains"; "a truncated pyramid"
[v] make shorter as if by cutting off; "truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"
[v] mathematics: approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one; of a series
[v] replace a corner by a plane, in geometry



Webster (1913) Definition: Trun"cate, v. 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, a. [L. truncatus, p. p. ]
Appearing as if cut off at the tip; as, a truncate leaf or
feather.

Synonyms: cut short, short, truncated

See Also: approximate, chop off, cut off, estimate, gauge, guess, judge, lop off, replace, shorten, substitute

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