Truncate

verb
'trəŋ,keɪt

Adjective

  • terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off

    a truncate leaf

    truncated volcanic mountains

    a truncated pyramid

    Similar:Truncated

Verb

  • make shorter as if by cutting off

    truncate a word

    Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains

    Type of:Shorten
  • approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one

    truncate a series

    Type of:ApproximateJudgeEstimate
  • replace a corner by a plane

    Type of:InterchangeReplaceExchange

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