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Truncation

//tɹʌŋˈkeɪʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of truncating or shortening (for example, words are shortened to form blend words or portmanteaus). countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the act of cutting short wordnet
  3. 3
    The removal of the least significant digits from a decimal number. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    the replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces) wordnet
  5. 5
    An operation in any dimension that cuts a regular polytope at its vertices, creating a new facet in place of each vertex. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    the property of being truncated or short wordnet

Etymology

From Late Latin truncātiō, from Latin truncāre, past participle truncātus (“to cut off”). By surface analysis, truncate + -ion.

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