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To truncate is to cut off a part of or to cut short.

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When you are having a nice walk but it suddenly starts to rain and you have to run home, this is an example of a situation where the rain forces you to cut it short and truncates your walk.

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transitive verb truncated, truncating

to cut off a part of; shorten by cutting; lop

Origin: < L truncatus, pp. of truncare, to cut off < truncus, a stem, trunk

adjective

truncated
Biol. having a square, flattened, or broad end
Zool. lacking a normal apex, as some snail shells

Related Forms:

truncation noun

See truncate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb trun·cat·ed, trun·cat·ing, trun·cates

To shorten by or as if by cutting off. See Synonyms at shorten.
To shorten (a number) by dropping one or more digits after the decimal point.
To replace (the edge of a crystal) with a plane face.

adjective

Appearing to terminate abruptly, as a leaf of a tulip tree or a coiled gastropod shell that lacks a spire.
Truncated.

Origin:

Origin: Latin truncāre, truncāt-

Origin: , from truncus, trunk; see terə-² in Indo-European roots

Related Forms:

trunˈcateˌly adverb

trun·caˈtion noun

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