(geology, biochemistry) Relating to truncation.

(transitive) To shorten (something) by, or as if by, cutting part of it off. / (mathematics, transitive) To shorten (a decimal number) by removing trailing (or leading) digits.

Truncated. / (botany, anatomy) Having an abrupt termination.

(linguistics) The act of truncating or shortening (for example, words are shortened to form blend words or portmanteaus).

Deprived of one of its parts or of its end. / Ending abruptly as if cut across at the base or tip.

simple past tense and past participle of truncate

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of truncate

present participle of truncate

plural of truncation

One who, or that which, truncates.