Associations to the word «Truncate»

TRUNCATE, verb. To shorten something as if by cutting off part of it.

TRUNCATE, verb. (mathematics) To shorten a decimal number by removing trailing (or leading) digits; to chop.

TRUNCATE, verb. (geometry) To replace a corner by a plane (or to make a similar change to a crystal).

TRUNCATE, adjective. Truncated

TRUNCATE, adjective. (botany) (anatomy) Having an abrupt termination.

TRUNCATE, verb. Replace a corner by a plane.

TRUNCATE, verb. Approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one; "truncate a series".

TRUNCATE, verb. Make shorter as if by cutting off; "truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains".

TRUNCATE, adjective. Terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off; "a truncate leaf"; "truncated volcanic mountains"; "a truncated pyramid".