| the final issue, the conclusion, or the result: |
| A fragment, esp. of broken earthenware. a piece of broken pottery or glass |
| 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 | |
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.