different between truncate vs jewelry

English

Etymology

From Latin trunc?tus, perfect passive participle of trunc? (“maim, reduce to a trunk”); see trunk as a verb.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /t????ke?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?t????ke?t/

Verb

truncate (third-person singular simple present truncates, present participle truncating, simple past and past participle truncated)

1. (transitive) To shorten (something) by, or as if by, cutting part of it off.
2. (mathematics, transitive) To shorten (a decimal number) by removing trailing (or leading) digits.
3. (geometry) To replace a corner by a plane (or to make a similar change to a crystal).

Synonyms

• (mathematics): round down

Related terms

• trunk
• truncation

Translations

See also

• (geometry): dual polyhedron

Adjective

truncate (not comparable)

1. Truncated.
2. (botany, anatomy) Having an abrupt termination.

Translations

Further reading

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

Latin

Participle

trunc?te

1. vocative masculine singular of trunc?tus

English

Noun

jewelry (usually uncountable, plural jewelries)

1. US standard spelling of jewellery.

Verb

jewelry (third-person singular simple present jewelries, present participle jewelrying, simple past and past participle jewelried)

1. To make jewelry.

Usage notes

Also used in Canada, but less common there than jewellery.