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English

Etymology

From Late Latin trunc?ti?, from Latin trunc?re, past participle trunc?tus (“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

Further reading

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

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