Modifies a noun

• octahedron: Under certain conditions the voids adopt their equilibrium shape, a truncated octahedron.

• icosahedron: Several of these arise naturally as crystals, and the truncated icosahedron occurs in real life as a football.

• pyramid: As for those truncated pyramids, they were a sight I shall not forget.

• cone: They commonly take the form of a truncated cone, the broad end springing from the muffle Figure 4a.

• pit: Allocation to Period 6 was made on the basis of the surrounding truncated pits of that date.

• protein: Or, they may be translated, but only a truncated protein is produced.

Modifying Another Word

• heavily: This leaves us with a fragmented and heavily truncated perspective on the Neolithic and Bronze Age phases of the site.

• severely: There were a few other ancient features that survived, in a severely truncated form.

• somewhat: It has been retained by Hillingdon Council as their emergency control center in a somewhat truncated form.

• rather: Dead specimens may not show this feature resulting in a rather truncated appearance.

• necessarily: I went for Case who put on a decent but necessarily truncated set.

• slightly: Strictly speaking it was a slightly truncated version, but nonetheless conducted with considerable spirit.

Used with adjective complement

• become: But to do so is to become truncated, half human.