truncation

English

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Etymology

From Late Latin truncatio, from Latin truncare, past participle truncatus (“to cut off”); see truncate.

Noun

truncation (plural truncations)

1. The act of truncating or shortening (in all senses)
2. (mathematics) The removal of the least significant digits from a decimal number
3. (geometry) The replacement of a solid angle by a plane (or a similar operation in other dimensions)

Translations

act of truncating

• Greek: αποκοπή (el) (apokopí) f, περικοπή (el) (perikopí) f

removal of the least significant digits from a decimal number

• Greek: αποκοπή (el) (apokopí) f

replacement of a solid angle by a plane

• Greek: κολόβωση (el) (kolóvosi) f

Related terms

• truncate

External links

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