truncate
Use Truncate in a sentence
keɪt verb (used with object)
1.
to shorten by cutting off a part; cut short: Truncate detailed explanations.
2.
Mathematics, Computers. to shorten (a number) by dropping a digit or digits: The numbers 1.4142 and 1.4987 can both be truncated to 1.4.
adjective
3.
4.
Biology.
a.
square or broad at the end, as if cut off transversely.
b.
lacking the apex, as certain spiral shells.
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| the final issue, the conclusion, or the result: |
| A fragment, esp. of broken earthenware. a piece of broken pottery or glass |
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World English Dictionary
| 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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Word Origin & History
truncate
late 15c., from L. truncatus "cut off," pp. of truncare "to maim, cut off," from truncus "mutilated, cut off" (see trunk).
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Medical Dictionary
truncate trun·cate (trŭng'kāt')
v. trun·cat·ed, trun·cat·ing, trun·cates
To shorten by or as if by cutting off, especially by cutting across at right angles to the long axis.
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Example sentences
To reduce the number of hits retrieved, you may want to truncate on a longer string.
To truncate a long and tedious story, it has not so far succeeded.
Comments are useless if you truncate the conclusions.
Unfortunately, anthologies truncate selections, but often excerpts can move us to read works in their entirety.
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