truncate
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin truncātus, perfect passive participle of truncō (“maim, reduce to a trunk”); see trunk as a verb.
[edit] Verb
truncate (third-person singular simple present truncates, present participle truncating, simple past and past participle truncated)
- To shorten something as if by cutting off part of it.
- (mathematics) To shorten a decimal number by removing trailing (or leading) digits; to chop.
- (geometry) To replace a corner by a plane (or to make a similar change to a crystal).
[edit] Related terms
[edit] Synonyms
- (mathematics): round down
[edit] Translations
shorten something as if by cutting off part of it
shorten a decimal number by removing trailing (or leading) digits; to chop
replace a corner by a plane
[edit] Adjective
truncate (not comparable)
- truncated
- (botany, anatomy) Having an abrupt termination.
[edit] Translations
truncated
botany, anatomy: having an abrupt termination
[edit] External links
- truncate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- truncate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
[edit] Latin
[edit] Participle
truncāte
- vocative masculine singular of truncātus
