Truncate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To shorten by or as if by cutting off. See Synonyms at shorten.
  • v. To shorten (a number) by dropping one or more digits after the decimal point.
  • v. To replace (the edge of a crystal) with a plane face.
  • adj. Appearing to terminate abruptly, as a leaf of a tulip tree or a coiled gastropod shell that lacks a spire.
  • adj. Truncated.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To shorten something as if by cutting off part of it.
  • v. To shorten a decimal number by removing trailing (or leading) digits; to chop.
  • v. To replace a corner by a plane (or to make a similar change to a crystal).
  • adj. truncated
  • adj. Having an abrupt termination.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To cut off; to lop; to maim.
  • adj. Appearing as if cut off at the tip.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To reduce in size or quantity by cutting; cut down; maim.
  • In crystallography, to cut off an angle or edge by a plane section.
  • Truncated.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one
  • v. make shorter as if by cutting off
  • v. replace a corner by a plane
  • adj. terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off
  • Equivalent
    short   
    Verb Form
    truncated    truncates    truncating   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    judge    guess    gauge    approximate    estimate    shorten    replace    interchange    substitute    exchange   
    Cross Reference
    Form
    truncated    truncating   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    lop    maim    dock    round down   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts