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truncate in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. make shorter as if by cutting off
    "truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"
    truncate  cut short 
  2. approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one
    "truncate a series"
    truncate 
  3. replace a corner by a plane
    truncate 
adjective
  1. terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off
    "a truncate leaf"; "truncated volcanic mountains"; "a truncated pyramid"
    truncate  truncated 
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