truncate

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /tɹʌŋˈkeɪt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈtɹʌŋˌkeɪt/

Verb

truncate (third-person singular simple present truncates, present participle truncating, simple past and past participle truncated)

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

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Adjective

truncate (not comparable)

  1. Truncated.
  2. (botany, anatomy) Having an abrupt termination.

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Further reading

  • truncate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • truncate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Latin

Participle

truncāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of truncātus
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