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truncate

trun·cate [ trúng kàyt ]


transitive verb  (past and past participle trun·ca·ted, present participle trun·cat·ing, 3rd person present singular trun·cates)
Definition:
 
1. shorten something by removing part: to shorten something by cutting off or removing a part

2. mathematics shorten decimal number: to restrict the precision of a decimal number by limiting the digits to the right of the decimal point without rounding



adjective 
Definition:
 
1. mathematics crystallography poetry 
Same as  truncated (sense 2) (sense 3) (sense 4)


2. botany not pointed: describes a leaf that has a blunt end, so that it looks as if a part has been cut off

[15th century. < Latin truncat-, past participle of truncare "cut short, mutilate" < truncus "something cut off"]

trun·cate·ly adverb
trun·ca·tion [ trung káysh'n ] noun
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