transitive verb (past and past participletrun·ca·ted, present participletrun·cat·ing, 3rd person present singulartrun·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"]
