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truncate

Pronunciation: /tɹʌŋˈkeɪt/

The English word “truncate” has 5 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To shorten (something) by, or as if by, cutting part of it off.
  2. To shorten (a decimal number) by removing trailing (or leading) digits.
  3. To replace a corner by a plane (or to make a similar change to a crystal).

adjective

  1. Truncated.
  2. Having an abrupt termination.

Etymology

From Latin truncātus, perfect passive participle of truncō (“maim, reduce to a trunk”); see trunk as a verb.

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