Synonyms for "truncation" (56 found)

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Closest matches (12)

abbreviationabridgmentabstractattritioncamelbackcleft palateclippingclubfootcompressioncondensationconspectuscontraction

Strong matches (16)

curtailmentcutcuttingdecreasedecrementdeformitydepletiondepreciationderogationdiminutiondipdisfigurementdisparagementelisionellipsisepitome

Related words (28)

extractionflatfoothareliphunchbackimpairmentlesseningmalformationmonstrositymutilationprecisrecaprecapitulationreductionremissionretractionretrenchmentshortnessshrinkagesplayfootsummary

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summationswaybacksyncopesynopsisteratologywryneck

Noun(2 words)

shortnesstruncature

Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

5 entries

carvingcuttinglownessrectificationshortening

Synonyms

1 entries

shortness

Related terms

2 entries

truncatetruncated

derived

6 entries

bitruncationcantitruncationomnitruncationruncicantitruncationruncitruncationtritruncation

etymologically related_to

1 entries

truncate

has context

2 entries

geometrymathematics

is a

2 entries

carvingshortening

related to

8 entries

decimaldigitnumberplaneshorteningsignificantsolid angletruncate

Translations

16 translations across 8 languages.

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Bulgarian

3 entries

• закръгляване noun (removal of the least significant digits from a decimal number)
• скъсяване noun (act of truncating)
• съкращаване noun (act of truncating)

French

1 entries

• troncature noun (act of truncating)

Greek

4 entries

• αποκοπή noun (act of truncating)
• αποκοπή noun (removal of the least significant digits from a decimal number)
• κολόβωση noun (replacement of a solid angle by a plane)
• περικοπή noun (act of truncating)

Hindi

1 entries

• छिन्न noun (act of truncating)

Japanese

1 entries

• 短縮 noun (act of truncating)

Māori

1 entries

• poronga noun (act of truncating)

Russian

4 entries

• уреза́ние noun (act of truncating)
• усече́ние noun (act of truncating)
• усече́ние noun (removal of the least significant digits from a decimal number)
• усече́ние noun (replacement of a solid angle by a plane)

Swedish

1 entries

• avkortning noun (act of truncating)

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