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
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.
truncated
simple past tense and past participle of truncate
• 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.
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
28 June 2025
(adjective) having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor); “allergic children”; “hypersensitive to pollen”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
