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Webster 1913 Edition


Truncate

Trun′cate

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Truncated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Truncating
.]
[L.
truncatus
, p. p. of
truncare
to cut off, mutilate, fr.
truncus
maimed, mutilated, cut short. See
Trunk
.]
To cut off; to lop; to maim.

Trun′cate

,
Adj.
[L.
truncatus
, p. p. ]
Appearing as if cut off at the tip;
as, a
truncate
leaf or feather
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Truncate

TRUNC'ATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. trunco, to cut off.] To cut off; to lop; to maim.

TRUNC'ATE

,
Adj.
In botany, appearing as if cut off at the tip; ending in a transverse line; as a truncate leaf.

Definition 2024


truncate

truncate

English

Verb

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

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

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Adjective

truncate (not comparable)

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

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External links

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

Latin

Participle

truncāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of truncātus