truncation
the act or process of truncating.
the quality or state of being truncated.
Prosody. the omission of one or more unaccented syllables at the beginning or the end of a line of verse.
Banking. a system of electronic check recording under which canceled checks are not returned to customers by the bank.
Origin of truncation
1Other words from truncation
- sub·trun·ca·tion, noun
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How to use truncation in a sentence
The entire length of this tree before truncation had been about three hundred and fifty feet.
The truncation of six of the edges of each has, in some manner or other, been effected.
The Catholic World, Vol. X, October 1869 | VariousThe apex is wanting by reason of the usual truncation of two or three whorls of the spire.
The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide | Augusta Foote ArnoldThe parts reproduced assume their previous relations, and effect a return to the balance impaired by their truncation.
The Catholic World, Vol. X, October 1869 | VariousBut it is obvious that it is reproduction, or reversion back to the state which existed previous to the truncation of the edges.
The Catholic World, Vol. X, October 1869 | Various
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