truncated

The definition of truncated is cut short.

(adjective)

An example of truncated used as an adjective is the phrase a truncated shirt which means a shirt that has had its sleeves cut off.

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See truncated in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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
  2. having the vertex cut off by a plane that is not parallel to the base: said of a cone or pyramid
  3. truncate ( & )

See truncated in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective
  1. Having the apex cut off and replaced by a plane, especially one parallel to the base. Used of a cone or pyramid.
  2. a. Lacking one or more syllables, especially in the final foot; catalectic.
    b. Lacking an initial or final syllable. Used of a line of verse.
  3. Truncate.

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