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verb (truncat, ing)
  1. To shorten something as if by cutting off part of it.
  2. (mathematics) To shorten a decimal number by removing trailing (or leading) digits; to chop.
  3. (geometry) To replace a corner by a plane (or to make a similar change to a crystal).
Translations: 
  • Dutch: nl(nl, afronden}} naar(nl) {{t+)beneden
    (trans-mid)
    (trans-bottom) (trans-top, replace a corner by a plane)
    (trans-mid)
    (trans-bottom)
adjective 
  1. truncated
  2. (context, botany, anatomy) Having an abrupt termination.
Translations: (trans-top, truncated)
(trans-mid)
(trans-bottom) (trans-top, botany, anatomy: having an abrupt termination)
(trans-mid)
(trans-bottom)      Source Definition of truncate
  

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