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trun·cated (--id)

adjective

  1. cut short or appearing as if cut short
    1. cut off or replaced by a plane face: said of the angles or edges of a crystal or solid figure
    2. having its angles or edges cut off or replaced in this way: said of the crystal or solid figure
  3. having the vertex cut off by a plane that is not parallel to the base: said of a cone or pyramid
  4. truncate ( & )

truncated Usage Examples

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.