TRUNCATED

truncate, truncated

(adjective) terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off; “a truncate leaf”; “truncated volcanic mountains”; “a truncated pyramid”

abbreviated, shortened, truncated

(adjective) cut short in duration; “the abbreviated speech”; “her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking”; “an unsatisfactory truncated conversation”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Adjective

truncated (comparative more truncated, superlative most truncated)

Deprived of one of its parts or of its end.

Ending abruptly as if cut across at the base or tip.

Verb

truncated

simple past tense and past participle of truncate

Anagrams

• reductant, traducent

Source: Wiktionary

Trun"ca*ted, a.

1. Cut off; cut short; maimed.

2. (Min.)

Definition: Replaced, or cut off, by a plane, especially when equally inclined to the adjoining faces; as, a truncated edge.

3. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Lacking the apex; -- said of certain spiral shells in which the apex naturally drops off. Truncated cone or pyramid (Geom.), a cone or pyramid whose vertex is cut off by a plane, the plane being usually parallel to the base.

TRUNCATE

Trun"cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Truncated; p. pr. & vb. n. Truncating.] Etym: [L. truncatus, p. p. of truncare to cut off, mutilate, fr. truncus maimed, mutilated, cut short. See Trunk.]

Definition: To cut off; to lop; to maim.

Trun"cate, a. Etym: [L. truncatus, p. p. ]

Definition: Appearing as if cut off at the tip; as, a truncate leaf or feather.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition