truncation

English

Etymology

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

Noun

truncation (countable and uncountable, plural truncations)

1. The act of truncating or shortening.
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.

Related terms

• truncate

Translations

act of truncating

• French: troncature (fr) f
• Greek: αποκοπή (el) f (apokopí), περικοπή (el) f (perikopí)
• Hindi: छिन्‍न (chin‍na)
• Japanese: 短縮 (ja) (tansyuku)
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• Maori: poronga
• Russian: усече́ние (ru) n (usečénije), уреза́ние (ru) n (urezánije)
• Swedish: avkortning

removal of the least significant digits from a decimal number

• Greek: αποκοπή (el) f (apokopí)
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• Russian: усече́ние (ru) n (usečénije)

replacement of a solid angle by a plane

• Greek: κολόβωση (el) f (kolóvosi)
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• Russian: усече́ние (ru) n (usečénije)

Further reading

• “truncation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “truncation”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.