ʃən noun
1.
the act or process of truncating.
2.
the quality or state of being truncated.
3.
4.
Banking. a system of electronic check recording under which canceled checks are not returned to customers by the bank.
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Truncation
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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| truncate | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (tr) to shorten by cutting off a part, end, or top |
| —adj | |
| 2. | cut short; truncated |
| 3. | biology having a blunt end, as though cut off at the tip: a truncate leaf |
| [C15: from Latin truncāre to lop] | |
| trun'cately | |
| —adv | |
| trun'cation | |
| —n | |
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