Associations to the word «Truncate»

Wiktionary

TRUNCATE, verb. To shorten something as if by cutting off part of it.
TRUNCATE, verb. (mathematics) To shorten a decimal number by removing trailing (or leading) digits; to chop.
TRUNCATE, verb. (geometry) To replace a corner by a plane (or to make a similar change to a crystal).
TRUNCATE, adjective. Truncated
TRUNCATE, adjective. (botany) (anatomy) Having an abrupt termination.

Dictionary definition

TRUNCATE, verb. Replace a corner by a plane.
TRUNCATE, verb. Approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one; "truncate a series".
TRUNCATE, verb. Make shorter as if by cutting off; "truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains".
TRUNCATE, adjective. Terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off; "a truncate leaf"; "truncated volcanic mountains"; "a truncated pyramid".

Wise words

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Ray Bradbury