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
23 February 2025
(noun) an advantageous purchase; “she got a bargain at the auction”; “the stock was a real buy at that price”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
