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trun⋅ca⋅tion

  [truhng-key-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the act or process of truncating.
2. the quality or state of being truncated.
3. Prosody. the omission of one or more unaccented syllables at the beginning or the end of a line of verse.
4. Banking. a system of electronic check recording under which canceled checks are not returned to customers by the bank.
Origin:
1570–80; < LL truncātiōn- (s. of truncātiō), equiv. to L truncātus (see truncate ) + -iōn- -ion
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trun·cate   (trŭng'kāt')   
tr.v.   trun·cat·ed, trun·cat·ing, trun·cates

  1. To shorten by or as if by cutting off. See Synonyms at shorten.

  2. To shorten (a number) by dropping one or more digits after the decimal point.

  3. To replace (the edge of a crystal) with a plane face.

adj.  

  1. Appearing to terminate abruptly, as a leaf of a tulip tree or a coiled gastropod shell that lacks a spire.

  2. Truncated.


[Latin truncāre, truncāt-, from truncus, trunk; see terə-2 in Indo-European roots.]
trun'cate'ly adv., trun·ca'tion n.
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