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adjective
- 1. shortened in duration or extent: "his truncated career"
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The meaning of TRUNCATED is cut short : curtailed. How to use truncated in a sentence.
TRUNCATED definition: 1. made shorter or quicker, especially by removing the end of something: 2. made shorter or…. Learn more.
Truncated definition: shortened by or as if by having a part cut off; cut short. See examples of TRUNCATED used in a sentence.
1. : to shorten by or as if by cutting off. 2. : to replace (an edge or corner of a crystal) by a plane. truncation. trəŋ-ˈkā-shən. trən- noun. truncate. 2 of 2. adjective. : having the end square or even. truncate leaves. Did you know? The Connection Between Truncate and Trees.
to make something shorter or quicker, especially by removing the end of it: Television coverage of the event was truncated by a technical fault. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Becoming and making smaller or less. abridgment. attenuated. attenuating. attenuation. compress. contraction. dwindle. dwindling. ease someone's mind idiom.
Truncated definition: shortened by or as if by having a part cut off; cut short. See examples of TRUNCATED used in a sentence.
Definitions of truncated. adjective. cut short in duration. “an unsatisfactory truncated conversation” synonyms: abbreviated, shortened. short. primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration. adjective. terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off. “ truncated volcanic mountains”
truncated in British English. (trʌŋˈkeɪtɪd ) adjective. 1. mathematics. (of a cone, pyramid, prism, etc) having an apex or end removed by a plane intersection that is usually nonparallel to the base. 2. (of a crystal) having edges or corners cut off. 3. shortened by or as if by cutting off; truncate.
In the context of math, to truncate is to shorten a number by dropping some of the digits after the decimal place. For example, 1.524 can be truncated to 1.5. Less commonly, truncate can be used as an adjective with the same meaning as truncated —shortened, as if having had a portion cut off.
Definition of truncate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
